Matchbox Cars

Mustang Keys

Suitcase Tag

Vida Blue, 1975

Matchbox Car, No. 48

Racetrack Ribbons

Adidas Bag

Han Solo

Vise Grip

Graduation Tassel

The Dynamite Trap

K-2, Toy Car

Army Man

Lou Brock, 1976

Pliers Diptych

The Fallsview, Soap Bar

Spectacular Battle

Mom's Hair

Led Zeppelin Patch

Freeze!!!

Oil Can

JFK Memorial Plaque

Cornered in the Labyrinth

Jones Beach, Matchbook

Antique Toy Car

Wo Hop, Business Card

Bermuda Tool Kit, Souvenir

Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill

Snoopy Doll

Needle Nosing

Reggie Jackson, 1978

Fan Fueler

Wrench

Last Boots

Of Gavin

In February of 2017, my younger brother died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 48. “Of Gavin” is an examination of my brother’s life, seen through the filter of his possessions–many of which came from our childhood, in the 1970’s and 80’s in New York.

All of the images were shot on black-and-white film, and were printed with two different darkroom techniques. Most were lith-printed, a development process that explodes the grain of the photo paper and shifts the tones, usually toward a warm brown. The lith-printed images are an objective study of objects, isolated against a white background. With the other printing technique, I addressed Gavin’s collection of matchbox cars and trading cards. These prints are the result of hand-applying silver gelatin emulsion onto Arches watercolor paper, and were toned in sepia. With both techniques, every print is unique.