My creepy doll is in an exhibition at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado called Alternative Processes.I have always been drawn to subjects that have an inherent historical feel to them. I enhance that feeling through employing historical photographic processes. In this case I have used the contemporary tintype process. I project a positive image onto a metal plate that has been coated with a light sensitized emulsion and then I develop the plate in a reversal developer. The combination of the emulsion and the special developer produce the beautiful antique like highlights.
I am interested in photographing childhood toys as a way of connecting to the past and in an attempt to trigger memories that are missing from my mind. Creepy Doll represents childhood memories that I cannot recall. I have no memory of my life before I was five years old. This calm yet haunting image also undoubtedly references 19th century post-mortem photographs of children.
http://www.c4fap.org/exhibitors/2007Alternatives/ExhibitorsAnnounce.asp
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