My practice reflects on the corporeal experience of the unknown, by examining how absence can be revealed in marks of presence. I’m compelled by how a visual artist uses the visible to depict the invisible just as the writer uses words to describe the ineffable. Through the expressive potential of remote landscapes, <i>Negatives</i> directs the viewer towards a tacit sense of absence. I’m drawn to landscapes that evoke a sense of emptiness that is at once familiar and unknown. This photograph, from the series <i>Negatives</i>, was developed after travelling through the remote area of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, China.
Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
