Mars 9 Photograph

In 1978-80 while I was completing my MFA in Photography at Cal Arts I had a part time job at the Griffith Observatory. I printed images for exhibitions and publications. During this time I found a stack of reject 4x5" negatives-perhaps copies of recently published NASA or JPL images. I decided to print small portions of these negatives and used them for experiments with hand coloring. I ”enhanced" these images, aware that satellite images are often enhanced (sometimes with fantastic color) to accentuate physical properties. I have used charcoal and pastel dust, metallic paint, spray paint and colored pencil. The resulting work depicts a surface, recognizable perhaps as planetary but not specific. In this series the images may represent "landing strips", scientific illustration, an impossible aerial view or landscape, graffiti, and maybe cave painting. The images are printed on RC paper, a fixative has been applied. This work, though quite different from what I went on to pursue in my art career does foreshadow work I later developed dealing with found photographs or decontextualized images to create fictional archeological sites, sequential photographic narratives. Now many of my past photographs find their way into my abstract paintings.

Photography:Black & White on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20 W x 16 H x 0.1 D in

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