Drawings and Shadows

I made two books of curator, Ingrid Schaffner installing exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Philadelphia.  Looking at them now, years later, I notice that in this first book Ingrid is always at a distance from the camera.  Perhaps I hesitated to intrude, danced around the edges of the action.  Or perhaps I was simply responding to the delicate architecture of the exhibit.

The subject of the exhibition was the work of Anne Tyng.  Tyng, an architect, was a collaborator with Lou Kahn and an influence on his thinking.  The exhibition included several of her lovely intricate drawings.  In the central spaces were wooden models as delicate and lace-like as the drawings.  While I wasn’t able to catch clear images of the drawings, I was able to capture glimpses of the models and many of the magical shadows thrown by her constructions.

The photographs for Drawings and Shadows were made with a 35 mm camera.

Drawings and Shadows made in an edition of 2. 8 x 12.5 inches. Seven archival ink jet prints mounted on stonehenge paper, museum board ends, bound with stonehenge jacket. 2013.