Amy Theiss Giese
  • Info
  • Camera-less
    • Concealed at first at last I appear
    • Infra Certum
    • The Migration of Silver
    • Chemistry + Light
  • With Camera
    • Transition States
    • Mozartova White
  • Sound
    • Image to Sound
    • Text to Sound
    • Early Work

CONCEALED AT FIRST AT LAST I APPEAR
The large-scale, unique, silver gelatin skiagrams (Greek for "shadows written") that I make are a direct recording of the shadow patterns in a room at night. They are created without a camera or an aperture. The project is an exploration of how the inherent properties of darkroom paper capture and hold elements of a specific time, place, and moment.  The work also is about confounding the expectations of the viewer – that photographs are “of” something recognizable.  Ultimately, the skiagrams are a play between light and dark, tangible and abstract, a physical object and the ephemerality of a moment. 

I am always looking for new opportunities to create and exhibit these works.

2009 | New York, NY
2011 | Hartford, CT
2011 | Boston, MA
2017 | North Adams, MA
2018 | Allston, MA
2019 | Owego, NY
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  • Info
  • Camera-less
    • Concealed at first at last I appear
    • Infra Certum
    • The Migration of Silver
    • Chemistry + Light
  • With Camera
    • Transition States
    • Mozartova White
  • Sound
    • Image to Sound
    • Text to Sound
    • Early Work