Vanessa Marsh

Landscape #32

2018

"I make the images by first creating drawings on clear mylar. These drawings are then laid on top of light sensitive paper in the darkroom and then the paper is exposed to light. For images with layered landscapes, multiple drawings are placed on the paper which is then exposed at intervals and a drawing removed at the end of each interval. The stars are created by exposing the paper to light through a mask with small holes poked into it. The darkroom aspect of the process creates a photogram negative, which I then scan and invert into a positive image digitally. The final images are pigment prints on archival rag paper." -- Vanessa Marsh Vanessa Marsh was born in Seattle, Washington, and currently works in Oakland, California. Marsh first became interested in Photography when her mother gave her a Nikon E series camera in 9th grade. She earned her MFA in 2004 from California College of the Arts. Marsh has exhibited widely including the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Dolby Chadwick Gallery...

I make the images by first creating drawings on clear mylar. These drawings are then laid on top of light sensitive paper in the darkroom and then the paper is exposed to light. For ...

Sometimes there is a hazy, almost tropical light that falls over the Bay Area. The moisture in the air falls on the landscape and makes it appear as a series of two-dimensional plane...

Sometimes there is a hazy, almost tropical light that falls over the Bay Area. The moisture in the air falls on the landscape and makes it appear as a series of two-dimensional plane...

Selenium-toned gelatin silver print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso Also blindstamped with artist's name and edition number, recto 8 x 8 inches, image size (Ed...

Archival Pigment Print Mounted and Framed Museum Standards Available sizes: 40 x 60 inches edition of 7 48 x 72 inches edition of 7

Selenium-toned gelatin silver print Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil, verso Also blindstamped with artist's name and edition number, recto 8 x 8 inches, image size (Ed...

In this image, Jessie Spiess applies her signature multiple-exposure technique to the City of Milwaukee as seen from the Yacht Club on Lake Michigan. She often turns her camera to vi...