FOLDING AND MENDING
Awarded the 2022 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
The hand-folded, burned, and stitched prints in my “Folding and Mending” series are a way of expressing “the world folding in on itself.” We are so focused on our daily tasks and routines that we are neglecting the environment on which our very survival depends. We have created an imbalance in which our planet is collapsing. Coastlines erode and submerge as sea levels rise. Trees, stressed from years of drought, succumb to disease and fire as golden hills crack and crumble. While large, complex solutions are needed to fix the damage, there are small things each of us can do every day to help slow the erosion, clear the air, mend the cracks, and hold our planet together. The stitching in these images is a metaphor for the repairing and rebuilding we must do to make our world whole again.
"Each of these beautiful landscape images takes on a whole new meaning and rich dimensionality when folded and stitched. A comment on our “world folding in on itself,” these strategically placed folds, pleats, and stitches not only add a striking 3-D effect, but they also suggest irreparable damage. I am drawn to the tension between the sheer beauty of these manipulated images and the message they carry." ~ Diana Bloomfield, Juror 2021 Rfotofolio Selections
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