2000-Present

15, 8x10 Split Toned Gelatin Silver Contact Prints or 33" x 44” Split Toned Gelatin Silver Enlargements From Original 8x10 Negatives

The pictures began with religious objects from my grandparents funeral home. The group grew to include prayer cards given at funerals, postcards, and personal objects from deceased loved ones.

Assembled from iconic religious imagery, and the man-made world, these photographic relics explore the uncanny mysterious power that emanates from the person or thing that is sacred. All religions have sacred objects. These objects are given a power by the faithful. The manifestation of this power forms the connection between the natural and the supernatural, often in the form of good versus evil. To see or feel a divine presence, to make the invisible, visible is not merely for the holy. In these pictures, we have a point of contact, a tangible memorial, a “reliquiae,” or remains.