Beauty of the Moment

Photographer

Marita Gootee

Category

Fine Art Photography - Abstract

Company

Mississippi State University

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2024

Country / Region:

United States

The Last Contact a series that expresses the imprint of change onto our material processing society. The images are lumen photograms which are created by exposing objects in direct contact with traditional photographic paper that have been exposed to daylight between hours to months. This series is a commentary on the pandemic and what climate change is doing to the planet. The Last Contact series takes a piece of a living plant through a journey to decay. The imagery is created by being trapped and exposed to nature with no escape; just as the subject caught within the contact frame. Humans have denied science and as such have laid the species bare to elements as it watches itself die.