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A Picture in a Picture
Connecting Past and Present
Oh, I just love this sweet, intimate image. So many memories flow from the three separate pictures, layered to create one. The background print is from the mid ‘80’s. The Tibetan bracelet is older still.
The background is a gelatin silver print, a still life of arranged metal forms. Pieces collected from the salvage yard, with dreams of becoming a part of something larger. Whatever that might be. These forms recall many wonderful visits to the scrap yards of my youth.
The Polaroid print is of another still life. A piece of marbled paper creates a backdrop for a few simple objects. The shallow monochromatic bowl, was purchased on the Navajo reservation in Northern Arizona forty years ago.
There is also a pack of firecrackers from a trip to Mexico. Each one is handmade. A bundle of fire cracking material wrapped in newspaper with a very short fuse. This explosive head is attached a long twig of salt cedar. I found this dozen, wrapped together in their monochrome tones, simply delightful in and of themselves. There is a sculptural quality about them. The fact that I never lit one of them is a testament to my view of their beauty.
But back to the image above, which was arranged on a small tabletop. On top of the gelatin silver print I placed the Polaroid print. The lovely bowl…
