NANCY EDELSTEIN photography

Tree Wrap

After participating in a week-long workshop with Keith Carter, I was once again inspired to revisit the drama and romance of working with film and the medium-format camera. I was excited to take it outside and address the challenge of making beauty out of the bits of litter I regularly found on my walks through the woods. With recycled scraps of discarded plastic, I draped and embellished the growth in the forest and watched it dance with the wind, the light, and the trees. The resulting images surprised me with emotion while luring me into their magic of a transformed view of nature.

This work was the beginning of my interest in the visual language of translucency, transparency, and the layering effects of concealment and revelation, which I continue to explore today.