Chris McCaw's unique paper negative images ... literally track the sun, and are printed - in some cases perforated - by exposure to it. They have a look of instant antiquity, their aesthetics rhyming with early scientific imagery. They also redouble the indexical nature of traditional photo-chemistry at a moment when the universal solvent of digital imaging threatens to swamp any vestiges of photographic veracity.
McCaw's pictures speak to our anxiety about planetary climate crisis, to our sense of photography's impact on history, even to our cosmic luck in being mindful creatures of a planet nourished by starlight. - Kenneth Baker
(Shooting on the Santa Monica coastline, with my home made 16”x20” camera(right) and 20”x24” camera (left, built on a garden wagon), working on the Sunburn project, 3/2008. photo credit: Dan Miller/Duncan Miller Gallery)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 7-9 pm. Opening Reception
Duncan Miller
10959 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Lens Culture : Audio Interview w/Chris McCaw
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