Joseph Carrigan
Photographed as Remembered April 1, 2023 No 4
There and back
From a series of 17 images from the same day, a process was used where multiple exposures on 35mm film are captured and overlaid in a method similar to how memories blend, blur and interact in the mind. Intentionally, the process involves the artist disconnecting from the act of controlling how images overlay, instead focusing on capturing moments, compositions and juxtapositions (similar to phrases of music) where each image is influenced by and sometimes a reaction to predecessors and anticipated descendants. The end result is similar to an improvised jazz composition where the artist consciously plays all the instruments simultaneously, riffing and reacting with the other players (himself) while his subconscious creates ‘the mix’ in the control room.
All images are multiple exposure, on film, in camera. No digital manipulation was involved.
Joseph Carrigan is a photographic artist living in Toronto. As a teen, his focus was to be a fine art painter and a fine art photographer which included living in a professional artist studio on the Kingston Ontario waterfront in 1981 and studying under a student of Ansel Adams for 6 months. He went on to study graphic design, becoming a creative director and writer for the advertising industry and later, a management consultant across 4 continents, with a goal of returning to photography later in life.
Joseph works in 35mm, medium format, 4x5 and 18x24 analogue photography from his studio in Toronto Ontario.
Photographed as Remembered April 1, 2023 No 4
There and back
From a series of 17 images from the same day, a process was used where multiple exposures on 35mm film are captured and overlaid in a method similar to how memories blend, blur and interact in the mind. Intentionally, the process involves the artist disconnecting from the act of controlling how images overlay, instead focusing on capturing moments, compositions and juxtapositions (similar to phrases of music) where each image is influenced by and sometimes a reaction to predecessors and anticipated descendants. The end result is similar to an improvised jazz composition where the artist consciously plays all the instruments simultaneously, riffing and reacting with the other players (himself) while his subconscious creates ‘the mix’ in the control room.
All images are multiple exposure, on film, in camera. No digital manipulation was involved.
Joseph Carrigan is a photographic artist living in Toronto. As a teen, his focus was to be a fine art painter and a fine art photographer which included living in a professional artist studio on the Kingston Ontario waterfront in 1981 and studying under a student of Ansel Adams for 6 months. He went on to study graphic design, becoming a creative director and writer for the advertising industry and later, a management consultant across 4 continents, with a goal of returning to photography later in life.
Joseph works in 35mm, medium format, 4x5 and 18x24 analogue photography from his studio in Toronto Ontario.