Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing. C-print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag by Mary Mattingly

Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing

These rare earth elements are harvested for photography: from the cameras to the printers. Photography is a construction, fabrication, and truth, and unpacking parts of its complex material ecosystem has become my intimate research subject. The medium slides precariously in and out of many ethical arguments for and against it: it can illuminate injustices while simultaneously exaggerating them through material processes.

Yttrium, 2016, from Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing. C-print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag by Mary Mattingly


Yttrium, 2015

Terbium, 2016, from Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing. C-print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag by Mary Mattingly


Terbium, 2016

Monazite, 2016, from Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing. C-print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag by Mary Mattingly


Monazite, 2015

Lutetium, 2016, from Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing. C-print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag by Mary Mattingly


Lutetium, 2016

 

Lanthanum, 2015, from Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing. C-print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag by Mary Mattingly


Lanthanum, 2015

Gold, 2017, from Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing. C-print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag by Mary Mattingly


Gold, 2017

Geranium, 2015, from Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing. C-print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag by Mary Mattingly


Geranium. 2017

Indium, 2015, from Elements in My Camera, 2016 - Ongoing. C-print on Hahnemühle Cotton Rag by Mary Mattingly


Indium, 2015

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