For more
details about Susan Dunkerley's work contact Eli
VandenBerg, Gallery Store Manager - 215 735-6090 x1 or email evandenberg@printcenter.org
Susan Dunkerley Ark,
1999
Toned Gelatin Silver Print
16 ¼” x 12½”
Susan Dunkerley Seven Sticks, 2000
Toned
Gelatin Silver Print
16 ¼” x 12½”
Susan Dunkerley Song in my Heart, 2000
Toned
Gelatin Silver Print
16 ¼” x 12 ½”
Susan Dunkerley Kicks, 2004
Toned Gelatin Silver Print
16 ¼” x 12½”
Susan Dunkerley
Unlike
other photographers who manipulate light to create a perfect picture,
Susan Dunkerley relinquishes
all control over her light source.
Instead, she relies only on daylight to shine through her studio window
and to provide the direct light source for her three-dimensional still-lifes.
Dunkerley creates each still-life using her window as the frame for the
final image. The image is a compilation common domestic items she gathers.
The daylight, or lack thereof, illuminates the scene from behind. Dunkerley
watches the natural light change the composition’s tonal values.
The brief moment when the light finds the right balance between the bright
lights and dark shadows, Dunkerley clicks the shutter. She then dissembles
the still-life. What remains is both a documentation of the moment and
more importantly, an image which opens us up to a new world and puts
our imagination into motion.
