Details

Title

Calaeno

Artist/Maker

V. Elizabeth Turk (American, born 1945)

Date

2018

Medium

Van Dyke print

Dimensions

Overall: 47 × 34 inches

Credit

Purchase with funds from Lucinda W. Bunnen for the Bunnen Collection

Accession #

2019.182

Location

Currently not on view

V. Elizabeth Turk is an Atlanta-based photographer whose work explores the connections between the human body and the natural world. To make this print, Turk used an analogue process from the 1800s that involves coating a large sheet of paper with light-sensitive chemicals. She then arranged her model on top of the sheet and exposed it to light, creating a ghostly silhouette, before repeating the exposure with plants. The resulting photogram is a unique, brown-toned image in which botanical forms chaotically intersect with the body, alluding to bones, veins, and skin and suggesting a visceral bond between humans and the environment.

Image Copyright

© Elizabeth Turk.

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