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Wednesday
Sep142022

New Statement - The Many Rings of Saturn (New image gallery coming soon)

Since many of you followed along, as I made The Many Rings of Saturn - during my Artist-in-Residence for Frames Magazine. I thought you would appreciate being the first to read my new statement on this 26 image subseries of Fire & Ice

 

Statement – The Many Rings of Saturn

The Many Rings of Saturn was born during a session with a printing student (in July ‘22) and is basically an in-depth study utilizing my self-invented processes with ice (and various ice concoctions), as well as a sub-series of my ongoing Fire & Ice series, which is literally made with fire and or ice, as well as other materials.

Prior to covid, I specialized in “spiritual landscapes,” primarily shot on true infrared film. I began making photograms with alternate light sources in June 2020, due to having an unfinished darkroom at the time. 4.5 bodies of work later, my photograms have received quite a few awards, and are actually how I make my living these days (I teach experimental photograms remotely for the most part).

I actually think of my photograms more in terms of sculpture as I build up my images layer by layer; I also work my materials a bit between (and sometimes during) exposures. These 3 unique silver gelatin prints were made with ice, flower/glitter/spinach infused ice, sand, glitter, and flowers. These particular triple exposures were made via a dripping candle or firework led.

The Many Rings of Saturn is so new that I literally just completed it LAST WEEK, during my recent (virtual) Artist-in-Residence for Frames Magazine, which was literally shot via Zoom from my darkroom; the 5-part residency just ended last week. When I began the A.I.R. in early August, I was 4 prints into this sub-series; In less than a month, I managed to not only complete the work (which was not the only body of work covered during the residency) but have also edited the series down to 26 prints and debuted it via the magazine.

All of my images are essentially subconscious self-portraits (or natural equivalents), which reveal themselves during my printing process. I fell into photography a lifetime ago by way of philosophy (mainly eastern religions) and it found its way into my work early on, and never left. That said, my titles are important, but they have to come to me. It’s an organic part of my process. Further, with my photograms, I never even know the orientation of an image for sure until the title comes to me. These 3 images are the first titled prints of the series.

 

"After Midnight" (working title) ©Kimberly Schneider Photography


"Hidden in Plain Sight (aka Waterfall)"  ©Kimberly Schneider Photography

 Landslide (aka Eye of the Storm) ©Kimberly Schneider Photography 


Wednesday
May252022

"Fire & Ice" - Off the Market (Recently Sold Photograms)

"Fingertips" (Fire & Ice) - Printed March 2022; Sold April 2022 

 

 

 

Wednesday
May252022

AIPAD 2022 - Scott Nichols Gallery (+ New Film-Based Work & More)

Monday
Feb142022

NEW: PHOTOGRAMS MADE WITH SNOW, ICE RUBBINGS & MORE 

Photograms Made with Snow & Ice - Part 2


EfflorescenceUnique gelatin silver print, 11x14  ©Kimberly Schneider 

(currently available, $1250)


Sunburn (Blades of Grass) - working titleUnique gelatin silver print, 11x14  ©Kimberly Schneider

(currently available, $1250)

 

A Star is Born (working title)Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14  ©Kimberly Schneider

(currently available, $1250)

Supernova (with glitter-ice)Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14  ©Kimberly Schneider

(currently available, $1250)

 

New triptych made with ice, glitter, sand and flowers; Printed on 5x7 Fomabrom last week.

(Currently available, $550)

Monday
Feb142022

NEW: Photograms made with Snow, Ice Rubbings & More

Photograms Made with Snow & Ice - Part 1
 

Over the past few weeks, I have been working with my own creations of glitter-ice, cubed and skull shaped ice, brought snow into the darkroom, created a few new processes, as well as refined some of my processes with sand and glitter. I also experimented with metallic gilding flakes, glow in the dark glitter, and glitter glue (yes, I really love glitter).

[My Ice Rubbings are made by literally moving the ice around - directly on the paper. This process tends to leave marks behind, which resemble (long exposures of) stars (or brushstrokes), especially in the case of the glitter-ice.]


These new photograms actually work best as mosaics, but are of course also sold individually (and as diptychs and triptychs)

 

T-Rex (working title); Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14  (First photogram made with snow!) ©Kimberly Schneider 

(currently available, $1250)


What Remains (After the Fire); Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14 (currently available, $1250)  ©Kimberly Schneider 

 

Snowy Weather (working title, subject to change); Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14 (currently available, $1250)  ©Kimberly Schneider   

Interior of a Funnel Cloud (working title); Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14 (currently available, $1250)  ©Kimberly Schneider 



Untitled at the Moment (temporary title: Brushstrokes & Melting Ice)

Unique gelatin silver print  ©Kimberly Schneider   11x14 (currently available, $1225)


Muted; Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14 (currently available, $1225)  ©Kimberly Schneider  

 

The New Frontier (working title, subject to change)

Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14 (currently available, $1250)  ©Kimberly Schneider  

 

Face Down; Unique gelatin silver print  ©Kimberly Schneider

11x14 Ice-Rubbing with rough glitter (currently available, $1300)

 Snowy Weather (working title, subject to change); Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14 (currently available, $1225)  ©Kimberly Schneider   

 

Starry Night (working title, subject to change); Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14 (currently available, $1250)  ©Kimberly Schneider   

 

Rising (From the Ashes); Unique gelatin silver print, 11x14 (currently available, $1250)  ©Kimberly Schneider   

 

TO BE CONTINUED...