1 Volumes, [12] pages : includes illustrations, 26 cm
Quantity
Creator
Nelson, Brittany, 1984-
Language
English
.
Technical
The Rare Book Room copy is number 3 of 3, and includes photographer's autograph on back cover.
Description
12 photographs on cloth-covered boards; boards formed into double leaves.
"Monuments is an extension of a site-specific installation by the artist of the same name, constructed in Minneapolis, MN.
All pages are handmade by the artist under a photgraphic enlarger and include unique gelatin silver prints on glossy, resin-coated
paper and gelatin silver prints toned to form solid metallic silver from fused, celloidal silver grains.... This book is limited
to 3 copies signed by the artist, and 2 artist print copies."--Back cover.
"The images consist in black-and-white compositions imprinted on silver gelatin foundations. The geometric shapes derive from
elements of dismantled photographic equipment. For brief moments, these machine parts are exposed to light in the dark room.
The resulting black shapes are marks of those areas masked by equipment, while the white fields are those met directly by
light. Rather than capturing any external scene, the forms are carried only by the technologies and processes involved in
the making of photography"--Photographer's website.
