Alison Rossiter | Yossi Milo, New York

Fuji, exact expiration date unknown, ca.1930's, processed in 2010

Gelatin Silver Print, Diptyc

Fuji, exact expiration date unknown, ca.1930's, processed in 2010

Gelatin Silver Print, Diptyc

Eastman Kodak Royal Bromide, expired March 1919. processed in 2010

Gelatin Silver Print

Barnet Bar-Gas, Exact expiration date unknown, ca. 1925 processed in 2007
Fingerprint found fr, Gelatin Silver Print, Smaller than 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

 Ansco Cyko, Expires Dec 1, 1917, processed in 2007
Gelatin Silver Print, 6 x 4 inches

Alison Rossiter | Reduction
September 23rd - October 30th 2010
Alison Rossiter’s photographs are created without a camera on expired, vintage photo paper. The artist experiments with gelatin silver papers she collects from throughout the 20th century, making controlled marks by pouring or pooling photographic developer directly onto the surface of the paper. Dark forms emerge which often resemble mountainous landscapes or active tornados; other shapes are paired by the artist to create minimalist diptychs.

Each batch of gelatin silver paper, such as Eastman Royal Bromide, which expired in 1919, or Nepera- Velox, which expired in 1906, possesses unique qualities, depending on its particular color, surface, condition and age. Utilizing her experience in conserving photographs, Ms. Rossiter reacts to these variables and manipulates the interaction of paper and developer by hand, paying tribute to the intrinsic qualities of photographic materials and reintroducing unpredictability into a process which is now commonly digitized.

http://www.alisonrossiter.com