ERIC WILLIAM CARROLL
Field Recordings
September 10 - October 29, 2022
Eric William Carroll
Black Willow, 04/25/22, 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 56 x 33 in
Field Recordings is a new body of cyanotype works by Eric William Carroll familiarizing himself with a new landscape, addressing climate anxiety, and revisiting his previous bodies of work (Blue Line of Woods and Plato’s Home Movies) with fresh eyes. Born out of creek restoration and erosion control following a 100-year flood event from Tropical Depression Fred, this new work focuses on revisiting specific species of plants growing in and around his home in Asheville, North Carolina.
Each piece is a unique cyanotype based on a modular format using 8 x 10 inches and 11 x 14 inches panels. The images are created by placing light-sensitive paper in close proximity to the subject and exposing it to direct sunlight for anywhere between 10-30 minutes. The prints are then processed in a geodesic dome near Canie Creek, which supplies the necessary water for washing the prints.
The resulting images are the visual equivalent of a field recording; abstract yet documentary, ephemeral yet firmly rooted in a specific time and place. The longer exposures imbue each work with a certain softness that is contrasted by the grid arrangement, which references Robert Smithson’s “Mirror Displacements” and Henry Fox Talbot’s process for making multiples. Carroll’s goal for this series is to create ongoing portraits of these particular plants that he interacts with daily--a visual way to measure and record life and its inevitable end.
Eric William Carroll
Asparagus, 09/30/21, 2021
Unique cyanotypes, 42 x 33 in
Eric William Carroll
Black Willow, 04/27/22, 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 56 x 33 in
Eric William Carroll
Black Willow, 05/02/22, 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 56 x 33 in
Eric William Carroll
Asparagus & English Ivy, 09/13/21, 2021
Unique cyanotypes, 30 x 32 in
Eric William Carroll
Black Willow, 05/09/22, 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 56 x 33 in
“I don’t consider my work with photography to be an ‘alternative process’ - I tend to think of it more as a ‘primary process’. Photography at its most basic: inserting a two dimensional plan into a three dimensional world in order to see light and shadow in a new way.”
- Eric William Carroll
Eric William Carroll
Black Willow, 11/10/21, 2021
Unique cyanotypes, 56 x 33 in
Eric William Carroll
Asparagus, 11/09/21, 2021
Unique cyanotypes, 40 x 32 in
Eric William Carroll
Weeping Willow, 05/09/22, 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 56 x 33 in, frame: 60 x 36.75 in
Eric William Carroll
Asparagus, 06/01/22, 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 28 x 22 in, frame: 32 x 25.75 in
Eric William Carroll
Asparagus, 06/06/22 (A), 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 28 x 22 in
Eric William Carroll
Asparagus, 06/06/22 (C), 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 28 x 22 in
Eric William Carroll
Asparagus, 06/06/22 (B), 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 28 x 22 in
Eric William Carroll
Asparagus, 06/06/22 (D), 2022
Unique cyanotypes, 28 x 22 in
