(IR)rational Movements with the Camera
1995-1997

This investigation stems from a photography lighting foundations project taught by artist Nathan Lerner at the Institute of Design (formerly known as the New Bauhaus) in Chicago in the 1970s. All of the following photographs were produced in a 2 1/2” cubic area using a 4x5 view camera. This body of work was an attempt to translate sonic (music) experience into a static visual form. To produce the imagery, I created painted string arrangements as subject, the limits of the view camera were tested. The bellows, front/back standards, ground glass, mono-rail and lens were twisted and turn to record formal compositions. The exposures ranged from seconds to hours pending upon the lighting source and strategy. These materials were presented at the East Pilsen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, in 1997.