Installation shot of the Precipice Installation

Detail of 120 rolls housing latent imagery

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Precipice

Precipice is an installation comprised of source material from two eras of war. Although these images are certainly born of conflict and controversy, the installation is more about moments of anticipation--those moments of knowing that exist before events take place that will shape our life path forever, and the irrevocable decisions that result. The first elements of the installation are the inkjet prints derived from Polaroids taken by my father on his first flight into Vietnam as a reservist surgeon. These show very little evidence of war itself, but the trepidation transferred from photographer to film is undeniable. The second element is a display of latent imagery housed in thirty one rolls of undeveloped 120 film I shot of the television during the events of the day September 11, 2001. To me these rolls of film represent choice, possibility, the aura of a pivotal force which is never verbalized and more powerful unseen.