since_because_when             2023

since_because_when is the tenth in a series of photographs engaged in the narrative of a woman, a place and a dress.  

since_because_when portrays a distinctly personal narrative. The use of subordinating conjunctions in the title offers a key to the condition, comparison, time, place and reason of this woman’s journey.  The woman of this series lives a life that begins in Harlem and migrates to Toronto.  Toronto is the since, Harlem is the when, and because is the in-between.

The photographs of since_because_when show a woman in a simple blue linen dress on a beach with gentle waves lapping the shore. She remembers as a child being taken to the beaches outside New York City by her parents and the white caps on the shore created a memory that shaped her sense of a favourite place. The beach in the photos is Lake Ontario, perhaps significant in that it is a body of water that touches both New York State and Toronto and the lapping water holds the memory.

A vintage American flag has entered the picture.  She drags the flag along the beach, she appears to be washing it, her shadow hovers over it. The flag lies forlorn. This may be the, because, between since and when. At a certain point the woman removes her sandals and sets them beside the flag. She contemplates the water with its gentle waves. She enters the water, the foam laps her feet, and eventually she rests on a beach rock looking out with a visage of complex comprehension.

Title, Medium and Dimensions

since_because_when_16452   Pigment Print on Silk Baryta            61 cm x 81.3 cm

since_because_when_16455   Pigment Print on Silk Baryta            61 cm x 81.3 cm

since_because_when_16461   Pigment Print on Silk Baryta            61 cm x 81.3 cm

since_because_when_16343   Pigment Print on Silk Baryta            134.6 cm x 101.6 cm

since_because_when_16399   Pigment Print on Silk Baryta            61 cm x 81.3 cm

since_because_when_16409   Pigment Print on Silk Baryta            61 cm x 81.3 cm

since_because_when_16440   Pigment Print on Silk Baryta            61 cm x 81.3 cm

since_because_when_16333   Pigment Print on Silk Baryta            61 cm x 81.3 cm