More on the project. In a funny way these images bring me closer to Ansel Adams and Brett and Edward Weston. I met Ansel in California years ago. His darkroom made me crazy because he used a loud metronome to time the rocking of the trays. I honor these photographers—their images are indelible. And so I persist, perhaps looking for my own indelible image.
"Black and White in Color" is another project I've been working on for a long time. I look for or stumble on images that are quintessentially black and white but have just a whisper of color. "What?" you say, "Another project? When will this woman quit?" I confess. It's like being a sex addict or anything else. I am addicted to images. There, I said it, so here it is.
Susan Shaw is an internationally exhibited painter and photographer. Private and public collections include the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Israel Museum. Shaw is the recipient of two New York State Artist’s Fellowships and residency fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center and the Women's Studio Workshop.