The Clouds of Le Gray
reveals photographic time as the product of successive acts of image construction.
Beginning with Gustave Le Gray's composite seascapes of the 1850s, assembled from separate negatives of sea and sky, The Clouds of Le Gray returns these historical images to the photographic process. Through projection, re-photography, and printing onto glass coated with silver gelatine emulsion, each operation becomes another stage in the image's construction. Rather than reproducing Le Gray's photographs, the work treats photographic time as something generated through successive acts of image construction.
Details
Year: 2024Material-Technique: Silver gelatine emulsion on glassDimensions: 8 x 10 cm, 6 x 8 cm