RESPONSE by Laura Plageman

Response by Laura Plageman - nothing but illusions but then what is reality?

"In this series I am responding to photographs both as representations and tangible objects. Through physically altering enlarged prints and then re-photographing the results, I create works that oscillate between image and object, photography and sculpture, landscape and still life.

While they may appear illusory, the resulting pictures are documents of actual events and are thus as authentic as the original representational images...