- PHOTOGRAPHY
- City Streets & Urban Skylines
- Store Windows & Still Lifes
- Architectural Details
- A Decade in a Day
- Coney Island
- Nature & Landscapes
- MIXED MEDIA AND PHOTO COLLAGE
- Architextures
- Mixed Media Collage
- Sin Will Find You Out
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Galaxies29" x 29" Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture of FDR Station,
909 Third Avenue at 55th St., NYC
Constructed from 32 hand-cut darkroom prints
Private Collection, New York -
Galaxies [Detail]29" x 29" Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture of FDR Station,
909 Third Avenue at 55th St., NYC
Constructed from 32 hand-cut darkroom prints
Private Collection, New York -
Grapevine Cartouche21” x 95” Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Constructed from 32 hand-cut darkroom prints
of New York Estonian House in NYC
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Grapevine Cartouche [Detail]21” x 95” Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Constructed from 32 hand-cut darkroom prints
of New York Estonian House in NYC
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Grapevine Cartouche (left) and Galaxies (right)Hill Center Galleries Solo Exhibition
Washington, DC, Oct-Dec 2016
photo: Karen Cohen
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Infinity Gate39" x 42"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Made from 18 B&W darkroom prints -
Infinity Gate [Detail]39" x 42"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Made from 18 B&W darkroom prints -
Infinity Gate [Studio]39" x 42"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Made from 18 B&W darkroom prints -
Vibrato Chasm21.25" x 24" x .33"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Constructed from 60+ hand-cut darkroom prints,
and hand-built elevation platforms. -
Vibrato Chasm [Detail]21.25" x 24" x .33"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Constructed from 26 hand-cut darkroom prints,
and hand-built elevation platforms. -
Satellite13" x 12" x ¼"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Four hand-cut darkroom prints,
and a hand-built elevation platform. -
Satellite [Detail]13" x 12" x ¼"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Four hand-cut darkroom prints,
and a hand-built elevation platform. -
All Points46" x 46" x 1/8" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
18 individually printed and hand-cut photos
of an architectural detail on a bridge in Central Park. -
All Points [Detail]46" x 46" x 1/8" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
18 individually printed and hand-cut photos
of an architectural detail on a bridge in Central Park. -
On the Way Downtown (One Jackson Square)38-1/4” x 83”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture
of One Jackson Square, NYC
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On the Way Downtown [Detail]38-1/4” x 83
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture
of One Jackson Square, NYC
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On the Way Downtown (One Jackson Square)Hill Center Galleries Solo Exhibition
Washington, DC, Oct-Dec 2016
photo: Karen Cohen
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Anywhere You Go34" x 26" x ½”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Constructed from 60+ hand-cut darkroom prints,
and a hand-built elevation platform for the central element. -
Anywhere You Go [Detail]34" x 26" x ½”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled 3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Constructed from 60+ hand-cut darkroom prints,
and a hand-built elevation platform for the central element. -
AbEx Hirshhorn28" x 33"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Evolution35-7/8” x 32-1/4”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Evolution [Detail]35-7/8” x 32-1/4”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Chiclet13” x 9” x 5/8”
Hand-cut and -assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Constructed from 2 hand-cut darkroom prints,
and a hand-built elevation platform. -
Chiclet [Detail]13” x 9” x 5/8”
Hand-cut and -assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Constructed from 2 hand-cut darkroom prints,
and a hand-built elevation platform. -
Lights in the Window36.25" x 36"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Made from 24 handmade photographs -
Lights in the Window [Detail]36.25" x 36"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Made from 24 handmade photographs -
Life in Baroque Times31” x 15” " x ¼”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Life in Baroque Times [Detail]31” x 15” " x ¼”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Forest for the Trees20.5" x 19.5"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Forest for the Trees [Detail]20.5" x 19.5"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Double Cotillion19-3/8” x 19-7/8” x ¼”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Made from 14 hand-cut darkroom prints
of a Manhattan doorway cartouche -
Double Cotillion [Detail]19-3/8” x 19-7/8” x ¼”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Made from 14 hand-cut darkroom prints
of a Manhattan doorway cartouche -
Broken Windows Theory28-1/4” x 26-3/4” x 1-1/4” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
(Made of more than 150 individual pieces)
Collection of Inova Schar Cancer Institute,
Fairfax, VA -
Broken Windows Theory [Detail]28-1/4” x 26-3/4” x 1-1/4” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
(Made of more than 150 individual pieces)
Collection of Inova Schar Cancer Institute,
Fairfax, VA -
Cohesion12” x 12” x ¼” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Cohesion [Detail]12” x 12” x ¼” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
The Future32" x 25"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
The Future [Detail]32" x 25"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Matrix Retrograde40" x 20"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Store interior lights seen through a window
made from 16 handmade photographs -
Matrix-Retrograde [Detail]40" x 20"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Store interior lights seen through a window
made from 16 handmade photographs -
Bouquet of Lights20-3/4" x 18-5/8" x 2" deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Duplicate images of a light fixture rosette
are assembled in a large convex shape. -
Bouquet of Lights [Detail]20-3/4" x 18-5/8" x 2" deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Duplicate images of a light fixture rosette
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A Spin of the Wheel22.5" x 21.5" x ¼"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Inkjet Print Photo Collage
40 hand-cut prints
of The Smithsonian Castle
with vintage purse mirror and incised plastic jewel -
A Spin of the Wheel [Detail]22.5" x 21.5" x ¼"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Inkjet Print Photo Collage
40 hand-cut prints
of The Smithsonian Castle
with vintage purse mirror and incised plastic jewel -
A Spin of the Wheel [Closeup]22.5" x 21.5" x ¼"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Inkjet Print Photo Collage
40 hand-cut prints
of The Smithsonian Castle
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Light at the Ends of the Tunnel32-1/4” x 15-3/8”
Hand-torn and -Layered
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From multiple prints
in the process of being discarded
and then rescued
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Light at the Ends of the Tunnel [Detail]32-1/4” x 15-3/8”
Hand-torn and -Layered
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From multiple prints
in the process of being discarded
and then rescued
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Flatiron Frieze22¾" x 39" x 2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Flatiron Frieze [Detail]22¾" x 39" x 2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage -
Snippetree19" x 13¼" x 1½" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
(made of more than 300 individual pieces)
On Hold -
Snippetree [Detail]19" x 13¼" x 1½" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
(made of more than 300 individual pieces)
On Hold -
Beacon13” x 13” x 1/8” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
with Applied Paper Cutout
Beacon [Detail]13” x 13” x 1/8” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
with Applied Paper Cutout
Points of Departure20-3/4" x 44"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture of the IAC Building,
Chelsea, NYC
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Points of Departure [Detail]20-3/4" x 44"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture of the IAC Building,
Chelsea, NYC
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Oscillation19-1/2" x 62-3/4"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture of the IAC Building,
Chelsea, NYC
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Oscillation [Detail]19-1/2" x 62-3/4"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture of the IAC Building,
Chelsea, NYC
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Looking Out of Jagged Windows13” x 13”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Looking Out of Jagged Windows [Detail]13” x 13”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Time Between Trains33" x 14-1/2"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture of the IAC Building,
Chelsea, NYC
Private Collection, Rockville, MD
Time Between Trains [Detail]33" x 14-1/2"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture of the IAC Building,
Chelsea, NYC
Private Collection, Rockville, MD
Forest Maze18" x 23-3/4
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture
in Sligo Creek Park, Silver Spring, MD
Contains more than 100 pieces
Forest Maze [Detail]18" x 23-3/4
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture
in Sligo Creek Park, Silver Spring, MD
Contains more than 100 pieces
Kudzu Toile34-1/2” x 12”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture
in Sligo Creek Park, Silver Spring, MD
Kudzu Toile [Detail]34-1/2” x 12”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
From an original film capture
in Sligo Creek Park, Silver Spring, MD
Window-Rama9-1/4” x 9-3/8” x 1-1/2" deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of K.M. Copham and Robert Oakley,
New York, NY
Window-Rama [Detail]9-1/4” x 9-3/8” x 1-1/2"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of K.M. Copham and Robert Oakley,
New York, NY
On the Corner40-1/8” x 5-1/2”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Production costs provided by a generous grant
from the Arts and Humanities Council
of Montgomery County, Maryland
On the Corner [Detail]40-1/8” x 5-1/2”
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Production costs provided by a generous grant
from the Arts and Humanities Council
of Montgomery County, Maryland
Thicket5½" square x" ¼" deep
Hand-Cut-And-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Private Collection, Denver, Colorado
Thicket [Detail]5½" square x" ¼" deep
Hand-Cut-And-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Private Collection, Denver, Colorado
Cascade20½" x 14-1/16" x 2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Private Collection, Bethesda, MD
Cascade [Detail]20½" x 14-1/16" x 2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Private Collection, Bethesda, MD
Counterpoints10” x 10” x 1-1/2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Mickey Cook, Silver Spring, MD
Counterpoints [Detail]10” x 10” x 1-1/2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Mickey Cook, Silver Spring, MD
Looking Around6-7/8" square x 1/8" deep
Hand-Cut-And-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Bernard Klevickas,
Long Island City, NY
Looking Around [Detail]6-7/8" square x 1/8" deep
Hand-Cut-And-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Bernard Klevickas,
Long Island City, NY
Looking Inside11½" x 10" x 1/8" deep
Hand-Cut-And-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Bernard Klevickas,
Long Island City, NY
Looking Inside [Detail]11½" x 10" x 1/8" deep
Hand-Cut-And-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Bernard Klevickas,
Long Island City, NY
Aztek13” x 15” x 2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Mickey Cook, Silver Spring, MD
Aztek [Detail]13” x 15”x 2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Mickey Cook, Silver Spring, MD
Fan of the Hirshhorn (Large)36” x 36” x 1-1/2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
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Fan of the Hirshhorn (Large) [Detail]36” x 36” x 1-1/2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Nancy Abramson, Potomac, MD-Detail.jpg)
Fan of the Hirshhorn (Small)17” x 17” x 1-1/2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
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Fan of the Hirshhorn (Small) [Detail]17” x 17” x 1-1/2” deep
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
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Kaleidoscope (Starrett-Lehigh)37" diameter
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
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Kaleidoscope (Starrett-Lehigh) [Detail]37" diameter
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Inkjet Print Photo Collage
Flow7¾" x 7⅜" x ⅜" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Bob Coller Jewett, Denver, Colorado
Flow [Detail]7¾" x 7⅜" x ⅜" " deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Bob Coller Jewett, Denver, Colorado
Garden Gate14" x 8½"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Garden Gate [Detail]14" x 8½" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
The Victory Arpeggios25½" x 25¾" x ⅜" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
The Victory Arpeggios [Detail]25½" x 25¾" x ⅜" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
The Forces of Victory29½ x 26¼" x ⅜" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
The Forces of Victory [Detail]29½ x 26¼" x ⅜" deep
Hand-cut-and-assembled
3-D Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
On the Waterfront6⅜" x 18¾" Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage+Enlarge
Private Collection, Baltimore, MD
On the Waterfront [Detail]6⅜" x 18¾" Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Private Collection, Baltimore, MD
Butterflies Are Free6" diameter
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Sissy Albertine, Baton Rouge, LA
Butterflies Are Free [Detail]6" diameter
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Sissy Albertine, Baton Rouge, LA
Decor4½" x 5"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Decor [Detail]4½" x 5"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Fireworks11" x 13"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Made from 60 individually printed photo sections
Fireworks [Detail]11" x 13"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Made from 60 individually printed photo sections
Kings Point
Kings Point [Detail]5½" x 38½"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Center Curves Squared14½” x 14½” diagonal
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Chute7" x 7"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn27½" diameter
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Sculpture Garden Hirshhorn [Detail]27½" diameter
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Time Warner Center14" x 36¾"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Time Warner Center [Detail]14" x 36¾"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Like Diamonds23¼" x 23¼"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Like Diamonds [Detail]23¼" x 23¼"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Metropoliscape10" x 10"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Metropoliscape [Detail]10" x 10"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
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Wall (Starrett-Lehigh)28" x 20"
Hand-Cut-and-Woven
Inkjet Print Photo Collage
Collection of Lucy Scott, Silver Spring, MD
Wall(Starrett-Lehigh) [Detail]28" x 20"
Hand-Cut-and-Woven
Inkjet Print Photo Collage
Collection of Lucy Scott, Silver Spring, MD
Smithsonian Castle Gate68" x 42"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Inkjet Print Photo Collage
Smithsonian Castle Gate [Detail]68" x 42"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Inkjet Print Photo Collage
Star9" x 9"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage w/applied sequins
Star [Detail]9" x 9"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage w/applied sequins
Diagonals13¾" x 13&frac18"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Park Regiment5½" x 4"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Park Regiment [Detail]5½" x 4"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Looking Glass2½" x 2"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Spark3" x 3⅛
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
World Trade Center Christmas Tree19½" x 13½"
Hand-cut-and-assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Dangling Conversation4½ " x 3"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Dangling Conversation [Detail]4½ " x 3"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Echoes10¼" x 18½"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Fanfare12½" x 12½"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Fanfare [Detail]12½" x 12½"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Coney Island Shores8½" x 11¾"
Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Crosstown Traffic5½" x 4¼" Hand-Cut-and-Assembled
Silver Gelatin Photo Collage
Collection of Joan Belmar, Poughkeepsie, NY
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These handmade photo collages are part of an ongoing series begun in 2000, and they combine my lifelong involvement with both silver-based photography and collage, as distinctly separate practices.
The inspiration for this series is the architecture and urban landscapes of Manhattan. What began as a ten-year documentary project about the growth of the west Chelsea arts district, continues still, as I remain captivated by the city’s architectural elements and vistas.
The photographs that I shoot in New York, I later transform in my darkroom and art studio in Maryland. This work helps me to reestablish my connection with New York, as I review and assimilate what I have experienced there. I also use images of nature, store window interiors, and other subjects which evoke strong feelings of a time or place.
In this series, I combine B&W film photography with cut-and-assembled handwork. I create multiple Silver Gelatin prints of an image, which I hand-cut and -assemble into geometric abstract collages. While at first the works may appear to be digital montages, closer inspection reveals the texture and layering inherent in the handmade pieces.
These patterns could, with less effort, be created digitally. But it is my love for darkroom work, and the hand-cutting and -arranging of visual elements, which drives this process. Since my first foray into this mode in 2000 with simple small-scale compositions, I have expanded my repertoire to include application of glass and crystal elements, complicated layering, using the paper’s natural curves for 3-D effects, and use of inkjet prints. I have also moved from 35mm to 645-film format, to allow for larger, sharper prints.
I was awarded a 2016 Individual Artists and Scholars Grant by the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD, to create the two largest-ever works in this series, On the Way Downtown (One Jackson Square), at 38-1/4” x 83”, and Grapevine Cartouche (Estonian House), which measures 21” x 95”.
I was recently awarded a 2021 Artists and Scholars grant to produce and frame additional large-scale "Architextures" collages.