David Maisel’s monograph Proving Ground (published by Radius Books and co-published with Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art) investigates Dugway Proving Ground, a U.S. Army facility established in 1943, located in the Utah desert, 85 miles from Salt Lake City. The term “Proving Ground” specifies an area of land designated for the military purposed to […]
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Art + Science: Blood and Kin: Michael Koerner
Michael Koerner, Ph.D. (b. 1963) is a scientist and a photographer who specializes in historic/alternative photographic processes. As a scientist and organic chemistry professor, he conducts scientific research. In his series My DNA, he experimented for years with chemical reactions to create organic abstractions using tintype process. Yet, beyond aesthetics, his work reflects the story […]
Sue Palmer Stone: Embodiment: Salvaging A Self
Sue Palmer Stone is a photographer based in Connecticut. The photographs from her series EMBODIMENT: SALVAGING A SELF shed light on the artist’s current state of physical stability and instability stemming from an autoimmune condition. In these photographs, found objects are entangled, wrapped, bound and enveloped, creating a sense of tension that hovers between deterioration […]
Art + Science: Art of Healing: Dora Maar
Dora Maar (1907-1997) was a French artist and poet. At age 19, she attended photography school and studied alongside Henri Cartier-Bresson. In the 1930’s, she became an integral member within the surrealist circles, using photography as a medium to explore the unconscious and fantasy realms. In the darkroom, she examined recurring surrealist motifs (for example […]
Art + Science: Art of Healing: Ronni Knepp
Ronni Mae Knepp is a fine art photographer based in Texas. She is also a current candidate for an MFA in Photography at the Academy of Art University. The photographs from her project entitled Dear John Doe reflect the personal and emotional aftermath of being a victim of rape. What initially began as a more […]
Art + Science: Art of Healing: Marcy Palmer
Marcy Palmer, a photographer and educator based in Texas, currently teaches photography at the University of Texas at Dallas and Richland College. In her most recent series of photographs, PENUMBRAL BEING, she addresses the fear associated with the genetic risk of mental illness. Her work is personal. With a history of mental illness within her immediate […]