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Ruth Thorne-Thomsen "Agua Tierra"
Agua Tierra, new digital body of work consisting of approximately 20 black-and
white seascapes by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, expands
upon her previous process of using the pinhole camera and paper negatives to
create convincing, visually inhabitable environments that retain mystery and
a strong dreamlike quality.
The starting point for this series was photographs shot in Mexico using a
rugged shoreline and the ocean as a backdrop. The pinhole camera enables
Ms. Thorne-Thomsen to capture the simplicity of the watery environment, and
the use of the paper negative lends a moody, atmospheric quality to the
rocky landscape. Rarely does humanity intrude into these quiet pictures,
but when it does, it is often whimsical, like a solitary diver or dog alone
in the vast sea. The final prints were made using Iris print technology.
Ms. Thorne-Thomsen has also exhibited in Paris this year and her work is in
many corporate and museum collections throughout the United States,
including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney in New York, the
Cleveland Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art. She lives and works in Philadelphia.
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