Purge

Chaos. Imperfection. Stains. Scars. Purge through the skin. Something was missing from my portraits. I wasn’t satisfied with black and white paper prints. The bodies were too distant in black and white. Too cold. When I discovered 19th techniques such as cyanotype, Van Dyke brown, salted paper or albumen, I found the warmth, harshness, softness, lightness, and frailty missing in my portraits. Using a handmade cotton paper, which absorbs these chemicals unevenly, I did not have control over how or where the image would be formed. That freedom gave me the depth and the mystery I wanted for the portraits. I found the skin and the bodies I was looking for.