In Suspension
Photographic emulsion is lifted from its original support, transferred onto ultra-thin 5 gsm washi and suspended in clear epoxy resin. As the paper becomes almost invisible, the image appears as a fragile skin held within a solid object.
The works retain the folds and uneven edges formed while the paper was wet. In the water images, photographed ripples meet the movement of the material carrying them. It becomes difficult to distinguish a change in the water from a change in the image’s surface. Depth and reflections keep that reading shifting as the viewer moves around the work.
From The First Look (a story)
(…) one morning, the tray was empty.
The photograph stood upright on the table. The paper had disappeared without leaving. Light passed through it. Further in, the image gathered as though it had not quite decided where to settle.
It finally looked as though it had been found before it had finished becoming.
From Do That Again, by Joost Vandebrug.