AFTER MONET is a project I made in France during the summers of 2015 and 2016 in Monet’s Gardens in Giverny, Rouen and other regions in the Normandy coast- all places where he painted. For this work I used my Tent/Camera. This device that I invented utilizes a periscope-like optical mechanism that brings nearby views directly onto whatever ground is beneath the tent. These photographs are the product of the visual sandwich of the projection and the ground. I love seeing how the changing ground surface alters the views into something half painterly, half photographic. For the Rouen Cathedral images I used my camera obscura technique to bring the cathedral facade onto a wall of a room in a building facing it. I want this work to reflect a contemporary search of Monet’s artistic spirit within the landscape where he lived and painted.
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Two Paths in Monet’s Gardens, Giverny, France, 2015
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of Monet’s Gardens with Flowers on The Ground, Giverny, France, 2015
Tent Camera Image on Ground- View Of Monet’s Gardens With WheelBarrow, Giverny, France, 2015
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of Monet’s Gardens with Gardener, Giverny, France, 2015
Tent-Camera Image On Ground: View Of The Seine River. Giverny, France, 2015
Monet- Rouen Cathedral Facade- Morning Light Effect, Seen From An Angle, Boston, MFA, 2015
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Monet’s Gardens in Early Morning Light, Giverny, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Monet’s Gardens in Late Afternoon Light, Giverny, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Monet’s Gardens in Early Morning Light, Giverny, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Poplars Along the Epte River, Giverny, France, 2016
Tent Camera Image on Ground-On Etretat Beach Looking at ‘La Falaise D’Aval’, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: On Etretat Beach, Looking at ‘La Falaise D’Amont’, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Cliffs at Dieppe, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of the Seine River Near La Roche, Guyon, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of ‘Le Petit Ailly,’ near Pourville Sur Mer, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image Ground: Les Invalides on Terrace Floor, Paris, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: The Eiffel Tower on Terrace Floor, Paris, France, 2016
Camera Obscura: The Eiffel Tower on Curtains, Paris, France, 2016
Camera Obscura: Les Invalides On Curtains, Paris, France, 2016
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: Rouen Cathedral in Cloudy Afternoon Light, Rouen, France, 2016
Camera Obscura: Rouen Cathedral in Uninhabited Room, 11 a.m., Rouen, France, 2016
Camera Obscura: Rouen Cathedral in Uninhabited Room, 2 p.m., Rouen, France, 2016.
Camera Obscura: Rouen Cathedral in Uninhabited Room, 5 p.m., Rouen, France, 2016
Monet- Detail of Rouen Cathedral Facade- Morning Effect, Seen Under Two Different Lights, Boston, MFA, 2015
