THEM BOYS MAYBE MINERS OR FORTY NINERS
THEM BOYS MAYBE MINERS is an 8X6 limited edition, signed print. It was made by blowing up and mounting a tintype. The B&W tintype of three young men, perhaps miners or forty-niners. It was in a torn paper frame with THEM BOYS written on it in ink. The reworked image was mounted on period wallpaper. The Japanese characters for wabi sabi were added.
My ongoing wabi-sabi project uses found b&w photos in less than perfect condition: tintypes, snapshots, cabinet cards, etc.I leave all original damages: writing, scotch tape, or marks on the found photo. This one was in the ripped paper frame with words. Wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese aesthetic. It values the imperfect, the handmade and the simple. It finds beauty in things impermanent, and incomplete. It celebrates the flawed beauty that comes with age, and the rough wear and tear of life.
Richard Powell, a wabi-sabi scholar, wrote, "Wabi-sabi nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.”
My ongoing wabi-sabi project uses found b&w photos in less than perfect condition: tintypes, snapshots, cabinet cards, etc.I leave all original damages: writing, scotch tape, or marks on the found photo. This one was in the ripped paper frame with words. Wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese aesthetic. It values the imperfect, the handmade and the simple. It finds beauty in things impermanent, and incomplete. It celebrates the flawed beauty that comes with age, and the rough wear and tear of life.
Richard Powell, a wabi-sabi scholar, wrote, "Wabi-sabi nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.”