Domestic Objects / Diaries

Fittingly, my Diary Series began with Egg Diary. I used a single egg because in the diary (midway down on January 15, 1921 the author wrote: “ Dorothy Clark came to buy one egg – the only ^ fresh one we had.” As I made the subsequent photographs in this series I decided I would use the same dates of January 14-15 for all the photos. January in Maine, is an “interior” time. I felt too, that the same dates would further unify the series. Little did I know there would be some blank pages on my chosen date and, a missing page in one instance ! In each case I dealt with it. It probably made for a better overall series as I was forced to be inventive, a challenge I enjoy. These are all cibachome prints made from 4x5 inch transparencies.