Susan Burnstine
Sept-2011, Susan has just released three new images in her Absence of Being series.
Michigan & Monroe
Wacker & Michigan
Madison & Wabash
"This ongoing series explores how the past remains with us, if only in shadows. These images capture fleeting memories, spotted from the corner of an eye that vanish the moment we turn to really look. And yet they remain, for the imprint remains with us. We are living in the present, but the past reminds us that it is part of us, too, as is the future, and we of them."
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Susan Burnstine, is an award-winning fine-art photographer, her work has been widely recognized by publications and galleries, and has recently published her first monograph Within Shadows, with Charta Editions, Italy. Originally from Chicago, and is now based in Los Angeles.
Burnstine portrays her dream-like visions entirely in-camera, rather than with post-processing manipulations. To achieve this, she has created twenty-one hand-made film cameras and lenses that are frequently unpredictable and technically challenging.
The cameras are primarily made out of plastic, vintage camera parts and random household objects and the single element lenses are molded out of plastic and rubber. Learning to overcome their extensive limitations has her to rely on instinct and intuition... the same tools that are key when trusting in the unseen.
Susan's has the trilogy series; On Waking Dreams, Between & Flight and her most recent body of work, Absence of Being available to purchase through the gallery. If you have any inquiries on print or book sales, please contact the gallery.
Collections
Book
Within Shadows, released Spring 2011
Congratulations to Susan for wining GOLD in the Px3 - Pro Fine-Art Book 2011 category, and Bronze in the overall Book category.
Conceived as a trilogy, this project is presented in three successive chapters, On Waking Dreams, Between and Flight, which explore three states of mind: dreaming (subconscious), sleeping (unconscious), and waking (conscious). To create the images, I recall a significant metaphor, contemplative moment or pathway into the unknown from a dream the night before. I then capture the fading memory on film that very same day using details from my own imaginings to tap into the collective unconscious.
Purchase your copy of Shadows Within through our Bookstore.
*signed copies available to purchase through the gallery
Print sales & artist inquiries can be directed to Diana Millar diana@luzgallery.com