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Glass Tree Site #1, 2, 3
2007-2008, New Haven, CT.
The darkly tinted shards recall a Claude glass, which has been violently shattered. This Victorian optical device was used as a picturesque viewfinder, bringing harmonious composition to any view of the landscape. Here, the ambient reflection of nearby trees cast their foliage onto the painted reflection of branches, commingling to complete the image of a new and non-existent tree. A layer of fiction is seamlessly introduced into the ordinarily faithful mirrored surface. In order to capture this fleeting phenomenon, this work is finally presented as a series of photographs.
Glass Tree Site #3: Long Wharf
Glass Tree Site #2
Glass Tree Site #1: Water St.