AURORA AND THE STORM

All the photographs in this series were created immediately before, after, or during hurricanes, tornados, and thunderstorms. Many of the photographs for Aurora were taken on the front porch of an old hotel in the Catskills during Hurricane Irene. The photos were created using several damaged and altered 120mm Kodak cameras from the 1930s and 1940s. The colors, textures, shapes and multiple layers within the photographs are all created using only the unique aberrations of the cameras’ optics, and the chemistry of the film. There is no software or computer manipulation in the images.

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Credits

AURORA AND THE STORM is supported by The Corporation of Yaddo, the Durfee Foundation, the Artists Resource for Completion, the Puffin Foundation, and Byrdcliffe Colony.

Special thanks to Megan Cump, Thomas Cummins, Nicholas Boggs and Stacey Steers.