Artist Statement
“Memory and history permeate the austere imagery of Laurinda Stockwell. Stockwell’s works are evocations of time. Her works record the natural world to create visual interpretations of the temporal world. A photographer who works with assemblage, she collects feathers, branches and natural history illustrations, juxtaposing the natural image with the second-hand, to make still-life photographs and assemblages with a subtle poignancy. Stockwell looks for significant objects, just as others search for significant form. She sees these assemblages as landscapes."
Alison Weld NJ State Museum Curator
Process Statement
I print these images on a metallic surface to suggest the 19th century historic processes such as tintypes and daguerreotypes. My prints become objects themselves with this luminous material and are informed by early photography as well as 19th century interests in natural history and Darwin.
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