Michael Berman

42 of 400 installation plates

It takes time and miles
to begin to see.
These square images each represent
a moment of focus,
of intimate connection,
in a long history of wandering on foot.

This growing body of work becomes a form of marking, the artist's medium, in site-specific installations.  

Each fine silverprint is unique and individually created by the artist; each is subtly toned and affixed to an aluminum plate.

The plate is itself a relic: layered with paint in which the photograph has been set, abraded back through the pentimenti, rubbed with pure pigments, and finally waxed.

5 1/4" x 5 1/2" each