SF Camerawork presents a pop-up series of lens-based projects by artists creatively responding to our current state of quarantine, curated by artist, curator and SFC member Victoria Mara Heilweil.
Today’s post, Rolls and Tubes, is a clever remaking of photographic history with toilet paper; created as a collaboration between SFC members Christy McDonald, Colleen Mullins, Jenny Sampson and Nicole White. This project arose out of their desire to "make do" and create new work with what they had on hand. Toilet paper suddenly became their muse because of its shift from ubiquitous basic to precious commodity. The title of their project, Rolls and Tubes, references a canonical 1978 photography exhibition entitled, “Mirrors and Windows.” I truly appreciate the humor in this work.
Christy McDonald is a Berkeley-based documentary photographer. @christymphoto; www.christymcdonald.net.
Colleen Mullins is a San Francisco based photographer and book artist. @colleen_mullins_photography; www.colleenmullins.net.
Jenny Sampson is a Berkeley-based photographer, and SFC auction donor, who specializes in historical photographic process and wet plate collodion. @jennysampsonphotography; www.jennysampson.com.
Nicole White is an Oakland-based artist, curator and historian, and SFC auction donor. She uses historical and contemporary photographic processes to examine the medium’s varied functionality. @othernicolewhite; www.nicolewhite.net.
You can view more of this project @rolls_and_tubes.
