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Sunflower Field, Spain

Transfers

Posted on June 7, 2015October 31, 2020
Sunflower Field, Andalucia, Spain
Sunflower Field, Andalucia, Spain (Polaroid Image Transfer)

In the arts and printing, transfer means to convey an image from one surface to another. By merging analog photographic processes with digital tools, the Transfers Series experiments with instant film image transfer processes as a departure point to comment upon the concept of change through time.  The multiple processes of the Transfers Series pose questions about the place, event, memory, and the certainty of photograph processes used in the creation of the image. The Transfer Series juxtaposes objects found and placed within unique landscapes. Offering the viewer multiple readings, Transfers is also suggestive of how we scan a landscape, moving across a scene to areas of special interest.

  • Open Gate, Honey Lake, California
    Open Gate, Honey Lake, California
  • Steps, Mahler Lake, Oregon
    Steps, Mahler Lake, Oregon
  • Dock, Rye Patch Reservoir, Nevada
    Dock, Rye Patch Reservoir, Nevada
  • Shell, Pyramid Lake, Nevada
    Shell, Pyramid Lake, Nevada
  • Branches, Oregon Creek, Sierra Nevada, California
    Branches, Oregon Creek, Sierra Nevada, California
  • Picnic Table, Makapu Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
    Picnic Table, Makapu Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
  • Abandoned Steps, Great Salt Lake, Utah
    Abandoned Steps, Great Salt Lake, Utah
  • Abandoned Fence, Laguna Dunes, California
    Abandoned Fence, Laguna Dunes, California
  • Abandoned Ladder, Near Death Valley, Nevada
    Abandoned Ladder, Near Death Valley, Nevada
  • Beached Boat, Kailua, Hawaii
    Beached Boat, Kailua, Hawaii
  • Burning Hay Bale, Shiloh Battlefield, Shiloh, Mississippi
    Burning Hay Bale, Shiloh Battlefield, Shiloh, Mississippi
  • Footprints, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii
    Footprints, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii
  • Legs and Feet, Klamath Lake, Oregon
    Legs and Feet, Klamath Lake, Oregon
  • Dark Water, Santa Barbara Channel, California
    Dark Water, Santa Barbara Channel, California
  • Clothes Line, Walker Lake, Nevada
    Clothes Line, Walker Lake, Nevada
  • Abandoned Chair and Truck, Santa Cruz Island, California
    Abandoned Chair and Truck, Santa Cruz Island, California
  • Ladder, Cabo Espichel, Portugal
    Ladder, Cabo Espichel, Portugal
  • Boats, Lake Vera, Sierra Nevada
  • Bridge, Camino De Santiago, near Ages Spain
    Bridge, Camino De Santiago, near Ages Spain

Each image in the Transfers Series begins as color transparency. The color transparency is exposed onto a single sheet of instant film, but before the emulsion can fully develop, the negative emulsion is transferred onto moistened watercolor paper. The watercolor paper accepts the moistened emulsion irregularly and unevenly, breaking and tearing, to create a unique positive image.  Each unique positive image is digitally scanned and enlarged and then merged using image editing software with the original slide used to create the final Transfers image. Selections from the Transfer Series were first exhibited in 2004. The concepts and processes employed in the Transfer Series remain an area of active interest and experimentation.

David Arnold, June 2015

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