In My Dreams, Mordançage, Silver Gelatin Print
If Absence Cast a Shadow, Mordançage, Silver Gelatin Print
Aldehydes, Floral Notes, 3,776 miles & Clean Laundry, Mordançage, Silver Gelatin Print
Standing in the Far, Mordançage, Silver Gelatin Print
Intentions of Reach, Mordançage, Silver Gelatin Print
Photographs Fall Through Fingers, Mordançage, Silver Gelatin Print
The Distance Between Self and Life, Mordançage, Silver Gelatin Print
Until Its Gone, Mordançage, Silver Gelatin Print
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Mordançage was created by French photographer Jean- Pierre Sudre, adapted from the late 19th century etch-bleach process. This process induces a chemical reaction, in which the darkest parts of the images, the ones containing a higher concentration of silver, are oxidized. Separating the silver from the softened gelatin. This division causes the emulsion to lift from the paper, forming webs on top of the substrate.

Leaves the Shadow, utilizes this process to explore experiences of physical separation from a loved one. Mordançage strips the thing and leaves the shadow- revealing not the subject themself, but the remnants of their absent echo. A process of unpridictable separations. To isolate. To pull apart in different directions. To cling on to or let slip through. An attempt as visualizing intimacy from a distance.