I love junk. And since I'm not allowed to bring any more into the house, I now photograph it. My project, Horses, Dolls, and Other Junk, pays homage to items in flea markets, junk shops, record shops, second-hand stores and personal collections. Across seemingly disjointed images of old toys, decaying photographs and porn that was once hot, a greater picture of unpolished America emerges.
I document these once-majestic items in their limbo. At one time shiny and new, these things are now only perfect to me in their current environment: inside a glass case, on a flea market tarp or on a pegboard shelf. These are things that have seemingly lost all value, with a price crudely written on a jagged patch of masking tape. Items once loved, or once mass-consumed, waiting for a new owner, and forlornly seeking a new home.
These prints are created using archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper with a luster finish.
Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists' originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.
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