3 Unique, hand printed photographs on resin coated paper. 1993 - 140 x 110 cm
Newspapers are usually edited to avoid unwanted or insensitive clashes between stories and images on the same page, however clashes between images on opposite sides of the same page are rarely considered. The artist noticed whilst reading newspapers in bright sunlight that overlapping images were often accidently juxtaposed in contrasting or meaningful ways. These 'topical' cuttings were printed onto photographic paper using them as negatives in a lithographic enlargera. (also a series of seven 16x16cm direct photograms).
Using images from newspapers directly as negatives, both sides of the page combine to form a single image: (1) a group of soldiers training in a caged compound superimposed with the image of a Mullah in a taqiyah (cap); (2) a group of Palestinian children superimposed on decomissioned sculptures of Stalin; (3) an image of pistol toting, burkha wearing women superimposed within a compound of pigs.
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