Art project

Life Studies

A 2015–2018 series interrogating the visual archive of Life Magazine — figures looking back on themselves as the newsprint yellows with time

2015 – 2018

Exhibited: Project Gallery, Toronto · CONTACT Photography Festival, May 2018
Works: 47 pieces · prints, collage, mixed media
Year: 2015 – 2018

While all images carry baggage, Life Studies looks into that of one of the most iconic journals of documentary photography, Life Magazine — informing decades of photographers and helping to create an aesthetic for the documentary image. The series' source material was found in issues of the magazine that worked their way into libraries and used book stores after their original distribution. Disrupting these images, the body of work creates figures that look back on themselves, many taken from the same page of multiple copies of the same issue. The figures look on at their own aging process as the newsprint is slowly yellowed by time, providing a subtle memento mori. These newer images retain much of their original's information, only in an altered state, often leaving their previously intended context indistinguishable.

Installation view of Life Studies at Project Gallery, Toronto, for the CONTACT Photography Festival, May 2018 — Installation view Project Gallery, Toronto · CONTACT Photography Festival 2018

A Map Not An Atlas, mixed media, dimensions variable, 2015 to 2018 — A Map Not An Atlas Mixed Media Dimensions Variable 2015 – 2018

Fire, chromogenic print on aluminium composite panel, 44.75 by 59.75 inches, 2018 — Fire Chromogenic Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 44.75" × 59.75" 2018

Curtains 02, chromogenic print on aluminium composite panel, 29.75 by 39.75 inches, 2018 — Curtains 02 Chromogenic Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 29.75" × 39.75" 2018

Curtains 04, chromogenic print on aluminium composite panel, 29.75 by 37.75 inches, 2018 — Curtains 04 Chromogenic Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 29.75" × 37.75" 2018

Loitering 01, chromogenic print on aluminium composite panel, 23.5 by 29.75 inches, 2018 — Loitering 01 Chromogenic Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 23.5" × 29.75" 2018

Loitering 02, chromogenic print on aluminium composite panel, 23.75 by 29.75 inches, 2018 — Loitering 02 Chromogenic Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 23.75" × 29.75" 2018

Loitering 03, chromogenic print on aluminium composite panel, 23.5 by 29.75 inches, 2018 — Loitering 03 Chromogenic Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 23.5" × 29.75" 2018

Bouquet 01, chromogenic print on aluminium composite panel, 21.75 by 21 inches, 2018 — Bouquet 01 Chromogenic Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 21.75" × 21" 2018

Eye, found offset print and tape, 2.63 by 3 inches, 2018 — Eye Found Offset Print, Tape 2.63" × 3" 2018

Cans, found offset print and tape, 9.25 by 10 inches, 2016 — Cans Found Offset Print, Tape 9.25" × 10" 2016

Steps, found offset print and tape, 11.25 by 12.63 inches, 2018 — Steps Found Offset Print, Tape 11.25" × 12.63" 2018

Passage, found offset print and tape, 7.5 by 7.5 inches, 2018 — Passage Found Offset Print, Tape 7.5" × 7.5" 2018

Stage Set, found offset print and tape, 5.5 by 6 inches, 2018 — Stage Set Found Offset Print, Tape 5.5" × 6" 2018

Same But Different, found offset print and tape, 4.25 by 2.63 inches, 2018 — Same But Different Found Offset Print, Tape 4.25" × 2.63" 2018

Monolith 01, found offset print and tape, 7.63 by 9.75 inches, 2018 — Monolith 01 Found Offset Print, Tape 7.63" × 9.75" 2018

Cast Off slash Homecoming, found offset print and tape, 4.25 by 3 inches, 2018 — Cast Off / Homecoming Found Offset Print, Tape 4.25" × 3" 2018

Bouquet 02, found offset print and tape, 9.5 by 9.5 inches, 2018 — Bouquet 02 Found Offset Print, Tape 9.5" × 9.5" 2018

Bricks and Mortar, found offset print and tape, 4.38 by 5.5 inches, 2016 — Bricks and Mortar Found Offset Print, Tape 4.38" × 5.5" 2016

Loitering 01 collage version, found offset print and tape, 5.5 by 4.38 inches, 2016 — Loitering 01 (collage version) Found Offset Print, Tape 5.5" × 4.38" 2016

Loitering 02 original collage, found offset print and tape, 5.5 by 4.38 inches, 2016 — Loitering 02 (Original Collage) Found Offset Print, Tape 5.5" × 4.38" 2016

Loitering 03 original collage, found offset print and tape, 5.25 by 6.75 inches, 2016 — Loitering 03 (Original Collage) Found Offset Print, Tape 5.25" × 6.75" 2016

Monolith 02, found offset print and tape, 5.5 by 4.38 inches, 2017 — Monolith 02 Found Offset Print, Tape 5.5" × 4.38" 2017

Landed, found offset print and tape, 6.63 by 8.88 inches, 2017 — Landed Found Offset Print, Tape 6.63" × 8.88" 2017

Bouquet 01 original collage, found offset print and tape, 9.5 by 9.75 inches, 2016 — Bouquet 01 (Original Collage) Found Offset Print, Tape 9.5" × 9.75" 2016

Twins 02, found offset print and tape, 9.5 by 5 inches, 2017 — Twins 02 Found Offset Print, Tape 9.5" × 5" 2017

Jigsaw 01, found offset print and tape, 5.5 by 5.75 inches, 2015 — Jigsaw 01 Found Offset Print, Tape 5.5" × 5.75" 2015

Loitering 04, found offset print and tape, 4.25 by 4.25 inches, 2016 — Loitering 04 Found Offset Print, Tape 4.25" × 4.25" 2016

Fire original collage, found offset print and tape, 5.75 by 8 inches, 2018 — Fire (Original Collage) Found Offset Print, Tape 5.75" × 8" 2018

Jigsaw 02, found offset print and tape, 5.5 by 6 inches, 2016 — Jigsaw 02 Found Offset Print, Tape 5.5" × 6" 2016

The Cart Before The Horse, found offset print and tape, 9.88 by 6.63 inches, 2016 — The Cart Before The Horse Found Offset Print, Tape 9.88" × 6.63" 2016

Jigsaw 04, found offset print and tape, 3.5 by 9.5 inches, 2015 — Jigsaw 04 Found Offset Print, Tape 3.5" × 9.5" 2015

Intrusion 02, found offset print and tape, 4.5 by 5.75 inches, 2015 — Intrusion 02 Found Offset Print, Tape 4.5" × 5.75" 2015

Park Bench, found offset print and tape, 3.25 by 3.75 inches, 2015 — Park Bench Found Offset Print, Tape 3.25" × 3.75" 2015

Loitering 06, found offset print and tape, 4.88 by 5.63 inches, 2016 — Loitering 06 Found Offset Print, Tape 4.88" × 5.63" 2016

I Still Hate Rococo, found offset print and tape, 3.88 by 3.88 inches, 2017 — I Still Hate Rococo Found Offset Print, Tape 3.88" × 3.88" 2017

Curtains 02 original collage, found offset print and tape, 4.5 by 5.75 inches, 2016 — Curtains 02 (Original Collage) Found Offset Print, Tape 4.5" × 5.75" 2016

Monolith 03, found offset print and tape, 5.63 by 3.88 inches, 2017 — Monolith 03 Found Offset Print, Tape 5.63" × 3.88" 2017

Shield, found offset print and tape, 5.63 by 6.5 inches, 2016 — Shield Found Offset Print, Tape 5.63" × 6.5" 2016

Loitering 05, found offset print and tape, 4 by 6.63 inches, 2016 — Loitering 05 Found Offset Print, Tape 4" × 6.63" 2016

Omission 01, altered found offset print, 6 by 6 inches, 2016 — Omission 01 Altered Found Offset Print 6" × 6" 2016

Omission 02, altered found offset print, 4 by 4.5 inches, 2015 — Omission 02 Altered Found Offset Print 4" × 4.5" 2015

Omission 03, altered found offset print, 5.75 by 6.63 inches, 2016 — Omission 03 Altered Found Offset Print 5.75" × 6.63" 2016

Parsing Meat Cutters, found offset print and tape, 10 by 11.5 inches, 2016 — Parsing (Meat Cutters) Found Offset Print, Tape 10" × 11.5" 2016

Dancers 01, found offset print and tape, 7.5 by 5.5 inches, 2015 — Dancers 01 Found Offset Print, Tape 7.5" × 5.5" 2015

Dancers 02, found offset print and tape, 5 by 5.5 inches, 2016 — Dancers 02 Found Offset Print, Tape 5" × 5.5" 2016

Curtains 06, found offset print and tape, 4.25 by 6.5 inches, 2015 — Curtains 06 Found Offset Print, Tape 4.25" × 6.5" 2015

Intrusion 01, found offset print and tape, 7.5 by 8.13 inches, 2017 — Intrusion 01 Found Offset Print, Tape 7.5" × 8.13" 2017

Coat of Arms, found offset print and tape, 6.25 by 8.25 inches, 2016 — Coat of Arms Found Offset Print, Tape 6.25" × 8.25" 2016