Gallery: Crumpled and Abused Photo Paper Makes for New Landscape Photography

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    *Detail of two planes from the installation 'Paper Airplanes'*
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    *Detail of two planes from the installation 'Paper Airplanes'*
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    *Detail of two planes from the installation 'Paper Airplanes'*
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    *Detail of two planes from the installation 'Paper Airplanes'*
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    *Paper Airplanes, 2011. Installed at Haines Gallery. Installation of 57 light-sensitive paper airplanes exposed to the sky, one by one, over a period of 12 hours at a WWII anti-aircraft lookout post. Tennessee Cove, CA. Unique, folded chromogenic photographs. Each plane 8 x 10 inches. Installation 10.5 x 7.5 feet.*
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    *Paper Airplanes, 2011. Installed at Haines Gallery. Installation of 57 light-sensitive paper airplanes exposed to the sky, one by one, over a period of 12 hours at a WWII anti-aircraft lookout post. Tennessee Cove, CA. Unique, folded chromogenic photographs. Each plane 8 x 10 inches. Installation 10.5 x 7.5 feet.*
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    *Untitled, 2010. Photograms from the series 'Grassland.' Unique gelatin silver photogram made using tall grass, reeds and other collected materials.*
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    *Untitled, 2010. Photograms from the series 'Grassland.' Unique gelatin silver photogram made using tall grass, reeds and other collected materials.*
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    *Untitled, 2010. Photograms from the series 'Grassland.' Unique gelatin silver photogram made using tall grass, reeds and other collected materials.*
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    *Untitled, 2010. Photograms from the series 'Grassland.' Unique gelatin silver photogram made using tall grass, reeds and other collected materials.*
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    *Image from the series 'Rain Studies,' 2013. Unique photogram of rain on gelatin silver fiber paper.*
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    *Detail view of a Rain Study.*
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    *Image from the series 'Rain Studies,' 2013. Unique photogram of rain on gelatin silver fiber paper.*
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    *Image from the series 'Rain Studies,' 2013. Unique photogram of rain on gelatin silver fiber paper.*
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    *Image from the series 'Rain Studies,' 2013. Unique photogram of rain on gelatin silver fiber paper.*
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    *Image from series 'Slow Burn,' 2010. Chromogenic contact prints made from folded 4 x 5" negatives.*
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    *Image from series 'Slow Burn,' 2010. Chromogenic contact prints made from folded 4 x 5" negatives.*
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    *Image from series 'Slow Burn,' 2010. Chromogenic contact prints made from folded 4 x 5" negatives.*
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