Things Merging and Falling Apart (2010–2017) Tatiana Gulenkina. unique type C contact prints (photograms) created in a color…

Things Merging and Falling Apart (2010-2017) Tatiana Gulenkina. unique type C contact prints (photograms) created in a color darkroom using long exposures.

“My interest in cameraless photography came from a desire to capture not a decisive moment, but a time lapse, a movement or transformation of fragile organic objects caught on a light-sensitive surface. One of my inspirations was to watch the making of precious sand mandalas that take days of intense labor and, once completed, are destroyed without any regrets as a symbol of impermanence. Essentially, even the sharpest, most beautifully composed glossy image fails to represent reality because it’s trying to hold on to something that’s impossible to grasp.”