American
1966, Boston, Massachusetts
Photo: Sonia Gil-Costa, courtesy the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
Artist Liz Deschenes explains her laborious technique for creating large-scale photograms at night. Each resulting work visually captures its “index” — the ambient light, weather, and other atmospheric conditions that played a role in the chemical process of its creation.
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