This body of work is as much about the process as it is about the result. Shooting first with a 35mm camera, then projecting images onto pack film using a Day Lab Jr slide printer, and ultimately removing the top layer of the pack film off to create “emulsion lift collages” allows for improvisation and fine tuning during each step of the process.

The manufacturing of pack film, also known as peel-apart-film, which was produced by companies Polaroid and Fuji was discontinued in 2016 making the chief material in this process increasingly rare and more expensive.

With the intent of creating works using a subject matter that helps exemplify the scarcity of materials used, objects such as discarded mattresses or dilapidated signage are photographed using a variety of 35mm films.

The Day Lab Jr slide printer provides opportunity for use of “analog filters”. Exposure levels and color tones are changed as the pictures are transferred onto the pack film. The emulsions from the peel-apart-film are then lifted and rearranged on watercolor paper in a fashion that creates a layered, sometimes abstract, image.

While a similar effect can be accomplished using digital tools, the textures achieved by layering the photo emulsions over one another underline the laborious analog process practiced in the creation of these pieces. The work invites the viewer to ponder the impermanence of beauty found in everyday life but also strives to provide imagery that is soft, intimate, and visually pleasing.