Ghost Sensations / Machine Dreams : 2021 - 2023
A series of 10 gelatin silver darkroom prints on fibre-based paper
gelatin silver edition
38 x 37.5 cm
Ed 5 + 1 AP
Also produced as a series of 10 inkjet prints on archival art paper
inkjet edition
100 x 100 cm
Ed 5 + 1 AP
1: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 1 (Roman Agora A)
2: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 2 (Roman Agora B)
3: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 3 (Propylaea and Temple of Athena Nike A)
4: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 4 (Propylaea and Temple of Athena Nike B)
5: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 5 (Acropolis of Athens A)
6: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 6 (Acropolis of Athens B)
7: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 7 (Temple of Olympian Zeus A)
8: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 8 (Temple of Olympian Zeus B)
9: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 9 (Arch of Hadrian A)
10: Ghost Sensations/Machine Dreams 10 (Arch of Hadrian B)
These multiple exposure images were captured in Athens on medium format film in predawn light during the first winter of movement restrictions associated with the recent pandemic as the city's monumental ghosts stood in stoic silence reminding us of our own ephemerality.Every night throughout the pandemic the deserted city’s monuments remained spectacularly lit, perhaps intentionally they became beacons of continuance and endurance. With each sunrise the lights were turned off. I captured them just before they assumed their metaphoric daylight darkness.
During that period, the qualities of the air and the light changed noticeably, making the sunrise over the stoic monumental ghosts seem slower, longer, and tonally even more nuanced.
The images above represent details of the gelatin silver print edition, the images below represent each complete image of the edition.
The installation image below represents the injket edition. Each print has been individually framed and set installed as a continuous 100 x 1000 cm strip.
