Swamp Photos (2007)

		Library Books COAX Swamp Pictures Sideral Training & Development Artificial Perspectives Cassette Tape Wall Drawings Slide Projector Installations		Swamp Pictures series of seven photographs 2007 This series of pictures was taken at three swamps in Cook county, Bluff Spring Fen, Horse Collar Slough and Cramer Slough, in June 2007. The photos were all taken with a digital SLR, using a homemade lens-box placed in front of the camera. The lens is from an x-ray machine, and projects onto a 3x5 piece of ground glass. The focus of the lens can be adjusted using the little handles on the sides of the outer box. Prints of these photographs were shown at Roots & Culture gallery in Chicago as part of Bert Stabler's "Brown River" CCR-themed show in July 2007.