Spectres of Desire

Developed through the lens of many disciplines, Karen Zalamea’s process involves image making through hands-on material engagement. As exhibited in Spectres of Desire, Zalamea creates light forms as photographic subject matter. These images demonstrate the direct relationship between lens, light, and subject and function as evidentiary threads of process. The resultant works combine the unhurried nature of large-format analogue photography and the immediacy of light and its spectral potential.