Artist Statement
MFA Thesis Exhibition (1985) of hand-tinted and toned black and white photographs that deal with the many connections between memory, preservation, decay, and mortality. The exhibition’s title describes those inert plateaus which are preserved on film and mirror the actual extension of time within the print. An object’s deterioration, is captured and held still for our examination and contemplation. Traditional still life motifs using common but often over-looked detritus and memorabilia, help these prints become intimate objects. Their detail, size, and color treatment reflect this intimacy and allow the viewer to enter the world within.