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Scry

2018 Pollux Award, Still Life Series, Honourable Mention

Scry is inspired by the ancient Greek and Roman practice of oomancy used to discover hidden knowledge or future events. The technique is a form of scrying, which involves pouring an egg white into a glass of water, then observing the results illuminated by candlelight. In a mild self-induced trance gazing beyond the translucent surface, recognisable shapes and forms can appear to which the scryer can ascribe meaning to the past, present, or future. The photographic process seizes and preserves these transient visions projecting them into the future. As Roland Barthes asserts in Camera Lucida, ‘photography is prophecy in reverse: like Cassandra, but with eyes fixed on the past.’

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    • Lunation
    • Rift
    • Of Shadows: One Hundred Objects from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic
    • Ladybird, ladybird
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    • Dark Season
    • Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids: A Journey through the English Ritual Year
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    • Stones in her Pockets
    • Restless in the Kitchen
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