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Comment by James MacMahon on March 22, 2012 at 11:21pm

Jesus, my favorite subject.

Comment by Joseph Deiss on March 5, 2012 at 8:47pm

Very nice! The arch above the head is reminiscentof a clock and adds to the flavor of time... It reminds me of the Linda Conner photo of the Buddha's head in a banyan tree - a reproduction of which is on my darkroom wall.

Comment by Resident Curator on March 4, 2012 at 9:45am

Curator’s Comment:

 

These aptly titled Eternal Portraits are incredibly romantic, heroic images in their smooth beauty and melancholy nature.  Most are striking in a graphic manner as well.  I’m especially drawn to the pictures that capture the erosion and aging process of the tombs themselves, as they move beyond the inherent beauty of the original artwork and become something else altogether.  Processes of breaking down solid, stoic marble and granite symbolically speaks to the ravages of time against what and who we revere. In our veneration we seek to create monuments to withstand the ages.  There is a certain poetic irony that these photographs, whether existing as silver gelatin on paper or in a more nebulous digital realm, in their arrested tribute will likely survive beyond the stone.