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SLIVER
Oct 2026 Utah State University
Time,
Suspended in a strip of plastic,
rolled up inside a light proof tin cylinder,
loaded into a machine,
metal,
glass.
All so mechanical, chemical, tangible.
Most of the photographs I make reflect that.
Yet there is a mystic aspect to the photograph, as an object, as an act. How did all these circumstances, elements align in front of my eyes, all so perfect yet beautifully flawed at the same time, a recording of space, time and light.
This happened in real life, yet it looks and feels like a dream.
Slivers.
Slivers of a place,
Slivers of a memory,
Slivers of an encounter,
Slivers of who we once were.
Slivers.
I gather them. Sometimes they merge, as if they were destined to be together all along. I don't actively seek them; they don't glimmer the same way as the ones that appear on their own.
Slivers.
Sometimes I don't know why they come to me initially. They don't make sense, yet time changes them. You need to nurture them, erode them, love them, tame them.
I live and breathe Slivers. They hold a part of me, of us, of those who are no longer here.
Slivers.
SILVER HALIDE
April 2024 St . Edwards University Senior Photography Thesis Exhibition
Four years of freedom to experiment in a discipline is a blessing for many, myself included. This time has allowed me to deepen my approach and practice to image making. For my thesis exhibition, I wanted to create a space that honors the process, the medium, and the presence of the material itself. In particular, the silver halide crystals which are suspended in the film negative and the silver gelatin paper. These crystals are the soul of the photographic process. They hold moments in time, capturing light and transforming it into something tangible, something lasting.
The pieces were displayed within a self-sustaining scaffolding structure, at first just a stylistic choice due to my interest in industrial architecture and its edification techniques. I found that the structure was closely related to these four years of work. Scaffolding is necessary for a building to sustain itself while being built, these 4 years were my scaffolding.