BELOW ZERO
Revealed by snow, hoarfrost, and ice, the fundamental structures of trees in winter appear as if etched in the panoramic and large-format black-and-white photographs of Below Zero. Fir, birch and apple tree trunks and limbs elegantly endure in frozen landscapes of Austria and Latvia, day and night. The series explores the drama of form, and the artist’s nostalgia for the snow of her childhood, which would arrive after the muddy dreariness of Siberian autumn, to offer crisp clarity to landscape and soul.
MEDIUM: Silver gelatin analog prints (Labrador enlarger, APO lens)
from Pyrogallol developed negatives (35 mm, 120), photographs taken with Hasselblad X-Pan, Linhof Technorama 6x17, Fuji 6x8
FOMA paper, sheet size: 16 x 20, archival washed, split toned (gold & selenium)
