A life-sized, large-format wooden folding camera on a tripod looks out across the landscape. The camera and tripod have been cast in plaster as a single sculptural element.
The work brings together two disparate traditions of reproduction: photography, which records the world through light, and plaster casting, historically used to reproduce works of art. Here, both become ways of making an image of something that exists beyond the work itself—a landscape that remains unseen.
The work brings together two disparate traditions of reproduction: photography, which records the world through light, and plaster casting, historically used to reproduce works of art. Here, both become ways of making an image of something that exists beyond the work itself—a landscape that remains unseen.
Plaster, normally used in the process of making casts and moulds, takes the lead role. The photographic instrument becomes an image in itself, holding a moment of looking and recording in plaster.
The work was first exhibited in Art Watching at Hammarskogs Herrgård in 2026, a project organised by Uppsala Konstmuseum.