Isabelle Carroll

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Isabelle Carroll

Apparitions is a photographic exploration of reality, and photography's separation from it. Why do we assume that photographs represent reality? Do we still assume the representational qualities of the photograph if the image is distorted, layered, transformed, stitched together? More concerning, do we replace the real with the image? Do we understand reality at all anymore - or have we been consumed by the image, by ghostly traces of objects? The doll mimics the girl, yes - but does the girl mimic the doll?

Apparitions consists of gelatin silver photograms, created by layering transparency film, lace fabric, leaves, magazine images, ice cubes, plastic wrap, water, branches, and thread over light-sensitive paper in the darkroom.

Series of black and white gelatin silver photograms arranged in one composition. Imagery consists of various sizes, both positive and negative, of dolls, dresses, and a boy, with white silhouettes of lace and fabric overlaid and surrounding them. Imagery overlaps and blends into one another. Outside of the photograms, transparent images of dolls and dresses hangs from blue thread.
Isabelle Carroll, Apparitions, 2022, gelatin silver photograms, transparency film, and thread, 24" x 36"


Black and white silver gelatin photogram of multiple transparent images of dolls, both positive and negative, overlapping one another. White silhouettes from lace and thread overlays the dolls.
Isabelle Carroll, Apparitions detail, 2022, gelatin silver photogram


Black and white silver gelatin photogram of a transparent magazine image of a boy, with branches of trees seen through him. White silhouettes from leaves, lace, and thread surround the image.
Isabelle Carroll, Apparitions detail, 2022, gelatin silver photogram


Black and white silver gelatin photogram of abstract white silhouette of evergreen tree branches on a grey background.
Isabelle Carroll, Apparitions 6, 2022, gelatin silver photogram, 5" x 7"


Black and white silver gelatin photogram of abstract white silhouettes of melting ice cubes and white silhoettes of wrinkles made from transparent plastic wrap.
Isabelle Carroll, Apparitions 3, 2022, gelatin silver photogram, 5" x 7"