Shawn Michelle Smith   

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Working with family snapshots from the 1930s and 1940s, I have focused on the people, objects, and shadows that populate the edges of photographic frames.  Drawn to details previously overlooked, I re-photograph fragments and organize them into grids, bringing forward new narratives from old. 

 
 

Untitled 1 - from the series Excess and Accident
Four Silver Gelatin Prints
24" x 30"
2011

$600

 

Untitled 2 - from the series Excess and Accident
Four Silver Gelatin Prints
24" x 30"
2011

$600