SKIN 2003 index

This is part of a 50-image series combining the human form with the landscape. All of the imagery in this series are darkroom-constructed composite prints made from multiple negatives. No computers were used in the creation of this imagery. Since the handmade, darkroom composite has no single source negative it cannot be easily reproduced. Only 25 original prints exist of each image and I am not going back into the darkroom to produce more.

The nude and the landscape are time-tested subjects which have been explored individually since the invention of photography. What I have done is physically combine these subjects photographically to explore their common relationships. By continuing the creative process after the click of the shutter the darkroom itself became a sort of laboratory that allowed me to disregard physical-photographical limitations and explore the relationship of human form and environmental objects. It is my hope that these images exceed the sum of their parts.