Jennifer Geyman

Past Explorations

I remember the exact moment I decided to create the first pieces. My grandparents were visiting from Indiana, and with them they brought stacks of old family photographs. Instantly I was drawn to the space contained within the withered, time beaten black & white images I held in my hand; the places, the faces, curious about whom they were and life at that particular time – longing to see beyond just that single image staring back at me. I took mental notes as stories began to unfold while the photographs were passed around. Exploring the notion of the past is how this body of work came to be.

Since the initial work began, final images have grown to encompass people and places unfamiliar to me. Ancestral histories of others and imaginative visual stories are expressed from the use of forgotten photographs found in garage sales, antique malls, estate sales, etc. Each one given a new home within the story the final image explores.

Original images, silver gelatin prints*, were conceptually driven by combining digital and traditional darkroom methods. This process enabled me to bridge yesterday and today, sewing my own reflection into the images and history to those once known. * Limited edition giclee prints (archival inks on archival paper) are also available.


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