Bones / 2023
24 x 15 inch each
Archival inkjet prints mounted to Dibond
The series Bones consists of nine digital photographs of casted beef bones. I decided to work with beef bones as a way to show an object representing a long journey, ending with bone broth, something of a high value and use. A cow is killed, we eat its meat, use its skin, its fat, we cook the bones and eat the broth. We are only able to see the bones once all of this is finished and their appearance is revealed to us. I was fascinated with how visually detailed and interesting they are. I wanted to continue the journey of use by looking and revealing their physical form. The casting allowed me to turn the focus on their shape only and photography helped me look closer. I photographed the casted bones inside the darkroom, as I wanted to point out the fact that, the same way the bones, the darkroom as a physical space can also give us more than what its intended default use is. The red light gave the bones mystery, secret and the game of showing and hiding. I am trying to lead the viewer to look at the details of the structure, without necessarily revealing right away what they are looking at, letting them wonder.
Longing to See / Capture Photography Festival 2024 / Vancouver, BC, Canada
Longing to See / Capture Photography Festival 2024 / Vancouver, BC, Canada
