When the world is slowly recorded in paper-thin slices, movement leaves traces, motion becomes sharply drawn instead of blurred, and, as a subject struggles for stillness or to seize control, intent becomes visible. This work is about fluid interplay, not capturing a decisive moment.
These photographs are “drawn”—line by line—with an apparatus built from 1900s Deardorff 14” x 14” ultra-large-format camera, salvaged copy lens, and an optically modified Canon LiDE flatbed scanner—essentially a massive slit-scan camera that is a hybrid of vintage analog and cutting edge digital technology. 
These portraits of artists emerged from a dynamic interplay of subject, photographer, and process. As each image was slowly built across my screen, I could influence the subject’s movement during the capture. And, as I shared each completed image, the person on the other side of the lens began to understand how their movements shaped the final image. No one was completely in control. Every image was an act of discovery. 
These images are made—line by line—by merging ultra-large-format cameras from the early 1900s (or small garbage cans) with vintage copy camera lenses and highly modified flatbed scanners. 

Yvonne

Sharon

Scott

Wyatt

Wyatt + Christalla

Susan/Philip/Susan

Michael

Three Johns

Dan

Boris and Me

Four Self-Portraits

Diane & Steve

Almost Still

WESTINGHOUSE

#1 Dad

Self-Portrait Diptych

Lydia Adams Davis Portrait

Inside

Duality

Glimmer

14 x 14 Deardorff Enlarging, Reducing and Copying Camera with dual lens modification.

"Little" scancam set up at Garage Gallery in Beacon NY

"Scancan™" hand made from garbage can, vintage process lens,
and highly modified Canon LiDE flatbed scanner.

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