2014 - Ongoing
Collodion Wet-Plate glass negatives scanned and enlarged, manipulated in Photoshop and digitally printed up to 96" wide.
Borderlands is an exploration of panoramic landscapes derived from small areas cropped from the edges of contemporary collodion wet-plate images. The hand-made nature of the wet-plate process creates artifacts which appear to be gigantic landscapes but in reality are just inches across.
“What Has Never Been… Is”, Hinterland Gallery, Denver CO, March 2015 “After Image”, Art House Productions Gallery, Jersey City NJ, April 2015 “Paper Work”, Mike Wright Gallery, Denver CO, September 2015 “Exhibition Lab 2019”, Foley Gallery, New York NY, July 2019 “Photo LA”, Imlay Gallery, Santa Monica CA, January 2020
A wonderful feature on the Lenscratch.com website and Lenscratch Daily about Borderlands! It was exciting to get the attention and amazing how many people emailed, called, texted.. and got in touch. Old friends and new, we have a great community in the photo world! Thanks to Aline Smithson for the thoughtful write-up. – article below …
I’m thrilled that 2 of my large Borderlands prints are included in the “WHAT HAS NEVER BEEN …IS” show at Hinterland Artspace in Denver. Curated by Valerie Santerli of Rule Gallery and Bobbi Walker of Walker Fine Art, the show of surrealistic photographs opens March 5, 2015 and runs until April 3. The panoramic landscape …
Imlay Gallery will be showing my Borderlands prints and Anthropocene sculptures in their booth at Photo LA January 30 to February 2 at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica CA. The Anthropocene and Borderlands work can be seen here on my website and also on the Imlay Gallery’s Artsy site.
How do I get there from here? You might wonder where is here? and there? Good questions! First – The Exhibition Lab run by Michael Foley of the Foley Gallery helps participants get from here to there. The Exhibition Lab is a monthly critique group which helps participants refine their work to be exhibition ready. …
“Photographs do not lie” …. but then again, they don’t tell the truth either. I like to say that and I love to make pictures that don’t tell the truth. A good example is my Borderlands series. They appear to be panoramic landscapes. But they are actually gigantic enlargements of the artifacts on the …
Borderlands returns to Denver at The Mike Wright Gallery for the show “Paper Work” which opens July 31 and continues until September 5, 2015. The gallery is at 1412 Wazee Street and is open Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 8pm. Featuring works on paper by Valerio D’Ospina, Sabine Danze, Yunior Hurtado, Laura Guese, Doug Kacena, Bill …
My panoramic landscape “Las Vingeles” from the Borderlands series will be included in the “After Image” exhibit at Art House Productions in Jersey City from April 3 to May 29, 2015. The show was curated by Arthur Bruso and Raymond E. Mingst of Curious Matter. The print is 24″ x 110″. ArtHouse is at 136 …
bill@billwest.com studio 973-669-8124 mobile 212-431-6360 To acquire works or for exhibition inquiries please contact the artist. For inquiries regarding the Anthropocene or Borderlands series please contact Kathy Imlay of Imlay Gallery mobile: 917-545-4707 or kathy@imlaygallery.com
ANTHROPOCENE Collodion Wet-Plate photograms on Slate are modern day fossils ELEMENTARYTintype Photograms of 3D Printed Elementary Geometric Objects GUTENBERG3D printed Limited Edition Artist Book Sculptures BORDERLANDSImaginary Landscapes appropriated from Collodion Wet-Plate Images MANUAL The Personalities of Hands Digital Prints, Salt Prints, Exhibitions and Artist Books PHOTONIC DRAWINGSTintype Photograms made using only the most basic elements …