Susan Burnstine, a perennial favorite of visitors to Corden|Potts Gallery, has recently released new images from her Where Shadows Cease series. The gallery exhibited earlier images in the series late last year.
Burnstine, whose work is based on her dreams, says, “I have always dreamt in black and white. Until recently.”
The severe night terrors she suffered as a child dissipated in her teens, but they later returned when her mother died tragically. Burnstine says, “In an attempt to cope with my loss, I replicated my unconscious monochrome visions on film.”
More recently, following a series of “unimaginable” events, she says, “a mirage of ‘living color’ has bled into my monochrome realm. Have I surrendered to a distant truth? Escaped reality? Or both? The answer lies deep within my dreams.”
Burnstine is well-known for her use of a collection of hand-made cameras and lenses that are frequently unpredictable and technically challenging. But it is these cameras that give her images their dreamlike quality. The cameras are primarily made out of plastic, vintage camera parts and random household objects. The single-element lenses are molded out of plastic and rubber.
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