Undisclosed Typologies, explores the dislocation, alteration, and recontextualization of found photographs. Drawn to prints that were initially made to function more as clerical documents than aesthetic objects, Weber seeks photographs that bear traces of recordkeeping, such as numeric and text identifiers. Interested in the presence and process of repetition in the medium of photography, she commonly acquires prints in multiples or groupings to explore the subtleties of variation across both the original images and her alteration of the print surface. Applying a series of straight incisions around the main subject matter, Weber systematically removes sections of emulsion to reveal the paper base beneath the image. The resultant white textured shapes are a circumvention of the image and its original intent, calling attention to the object and reversing the positive and negative relationship between subject matter and background.
1301.01.A, 2013
48 found chromogenic prints, altered
8 x 10 inches (each print); approximately 35 x 131 inches (installed)
1301.02.C, 2013
15 found gelatin silver prints, altered
8 x 10 inches (each print); approximately 26 x 54 inches (installed)
1304.07.E, 2013
9 found chromogenic prints, altered
3½ x 3½ inches (each print); 17 x 17 inches (frame)
1304.07.F, 2013
9 found chromogenic prints, altered
3½ x 3½ inches (each print); 17 x 17 inches (frame)
1402.03.J.01, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1402.03.J.02, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1402.03.J.03, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1402.03.J.04, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1402.03.J.05, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1402.03.J.06, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1402.03.J.07, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1403.04.K, 2014
2 found chromogenic contact prints, altered
11 x 8.5 inches (each print); 15 x 22 inches (frame)
1403.04.L, 2014
found gelatin silver contact print, altered
8 x 10 inches (print); 12 x 14 inches (frame)
1406.03.M.01, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
8 x 10 inches (print); 12 x 14 inches (frame)
1406.03.M.02, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
8 x 10 inches (print); 12 x 14 inches (frame)
1406.03.M.03, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
8 x 10 inches (print); 12 x 14 inches (frame)
1406.03.N, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1407.04.O, 2014
found gelatin silver contact print, altered
11 x 14 inches (print); 15 x 18 inches (frame)
1407.04.P, 2014
found gelatin silver contact print, altered
11 x 14 inches (print); 15 x 18 inches (frame)
1407.04.Q, 2014
found chromogenic contact print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1408.03.R, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 8 inches (print); 14 x 12 inches (frame)
1408.03.S, 2014
found gelatin silver print, altered
10 x 7 inches (print); 14 x 11 inches (frame)
1501.10.T, 2015
3 found chromogenic prints, altered
8 x 10 inches (each print); 29 x 13 inches (frame)