Geomorphology, 2014/2020
Chromogenic print (FujiFlex) mounted to Dibond (composed in-camera from multiple painted surfaces; no digital post-production)
50 × 70 in (127 × 177.8 cm)
Geomorphology, 2014/2020, presents a bird’s-eye view of a digitally mediated world, where the real and the virtual become increasingly difficult to separate. This new landscape is realized as a fantastical, topographical photocollage that ultimately resides as a photograph. Gestures are first made with oil and acrylic paint on wood panels. Through iterative photographic processes and chance, the composition emerges. The camera sensor and chip intervene as new agents of gesture, imprinting their inherent characteristics onto the image. Although photography traditionally offers a flat, smooth surface lacking the facture of painting, here, through experimentation and time, layers of paint and photography merge into a newly imagined terrain.