Andrew Polk

Home of a Sharpshooter (Details)

(2009)    Digital Collage, non-digital materials (dirt, sand, ash, paint) archival inkjet print      12"H x 18"W

The Life After Death series: c. 40 works including variations. Collages - photographed, printed, abused (soiled, ripped, burned, stained, and/or painted), re-photographed, and further abused. All works contain digital tromp-l'oil elements combined with actual, non-digital 'crud'.  

Each piece includes:
   - A reproduced photograph from the US National Archives
   - Its official documentation (description, date, photographer, etc.)
   - A story, handwritten on old note paper.

The Story is invented to humanize the depicted dead and to contextualize them within the interweave of humanity through all generations. The pieces are to be thought of as the refuse from the ruins that reveals the lives from before.