"Psychometry is a series of black and white photographs exploring issues relating to anxiety, loss, and existential doubt. The term refers to the pseudo-science of "object reading," the purported psychic ability to divine the history of objects through physical contact. Like amateur psychometrists, viewers are invited to interpret arrangements of tarnished and weathered objects, relying on the talismanic powers inherent in the vestiges of human presence. These images suggest a world in which ordinary belongings transcend their material nature to evoke the elusive presence of the past."
A black-and-white photograph of abstract objects including a small birdbath and hooks.
Additional Artworks
From Colorado Photographic Arts Center
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Chip Rutan
The Titans
Gelatin Silver Print
9 x 12 in
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Howard Bond
The Tetons and Snake River Wyoming
Gelatin Silver Print
15 x 19.25 in
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Chas E. Grover
The Snowy Trail
Gelatin Silver Print
13.5 x 10.5 in
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Steve Blecher
Three Sky Sails
Chromogenic Print
15.75 x 19.75 in
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Allen Stross
The Upstairs Room
Chromogenic Print
16 x 20 in
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Edward R. Miller
Three Actresses, Movie Set. Tokyo, Japan 1947
Gelatin Silver Print
11 x 14 in
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R. Ewing Stiffler
The Steamfitters
Photogravure
12.75 x 10.25 in
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Herbert Ponting
The Terra Nova Icebound
Toned Silver Gelatin Print
7.75 x 5.5 in