Tag: 2021-04 Basement Archeology
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Light #1
Over the last month I have been playing with light to enhanced the sense of drama. The technique I use is light painting. I have setup in my windowless studio five flashlights that allow me…
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Basement Archeology: Benny Goodman
I found a Benny Goodman CD that had belonged to my mother. The fact that it was a CD, rather than a vinyl LP, speaks to how some things, like music, are able to transition…
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Fruit Bowl
I’m sort of mixing themes and projects here: my food series and my “Basement Archeology” work. I unpacked the bowl, which is from my mother. The fruits are fresh and from my wife.
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Basement Archeology: Ashtray
Weighing in at 848 grams, this crystal ashtray is from my mother, who in turn inherited from her father. As a child, in the 1960s, I remember buying him cigars for Christmas, each one individually…
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Basement Archeology: Insignia
After unpacking the frame of six pictures my grandmother had arranged, I found a little black jewellery box holding the insignia decorating my uncle’s uniform. In his picture, on the left below, you can see…
