Nourish/Devour is a series of images about our inter-dependence with nature. Species are becoming extinct and there is a litany of transgressions in the way we raise food and consume our daily bread. We have the ability to nourish nature, to care and protect the earth – Nourish or Devour.

This series pairs a cooking implement with a nature subject to draw attention to the relationship between what we eat and the natural world. The aesthetic issues that interest me are present in the visual tension that is created by:

organic shapes versus machine-made forms;

color versus black and white;

three-dimensional space (the nature subject) versus flat, graphic two-dimensional space (utensil photogram).

The images are printed in the darkroom from black and white negatives with a cooking utensil placed on the photo paper during the printing process. This creates prints that combine photograms with photographed images. I then hand color the black and white photos. The finished prints are matted in black with a velvet inset and are one-of-a-kind.

Sales Information

Image size is 10” x 10” matted to 18” x 24” with black mat board and a black velvet insert. Images are framed without glass. Scroll down to bottom of page to see how images look framed. For sales information please contact me here.

Price: $600