SHERRY INSLEY's portfolio

Work samples

Ghost Forest no.5, digital photography 44" x 72" giclée print

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. The skeletal white trunks standing against lush landscape are sounding the alarm of a changing climate. This stark contrast is both beautiful and disconcerting, creating visual and literal gaps in the density of the forest. In the "Ghost Forest" series, the image persists in its reproduction, while the subjects themselves are deteriorating into near disappearance. Can experiences and perceptions become fabrications or by products of photography?
Reverberate, watergram, 20" x 24"

Reverberate is an experimentation in alternative processes in the darkroom. Film and camera-less, these images are created with only light, water and motion. The unique lines and patterns in the images appear as the water vibrates during exposure. Processed in traditional darkroom chemistry and one of a kind, these images are visual representations of sound. More current work incorporates original sound composed in collaboration with musician Mitch Maltese.
Salt Grass, cyanotype with mixed media 8" x 10"

Salt Grass, mixed media cyanotype on watercolor paper with found plants and objects, seaweed, salt water, vinegar, soap bubbles, and tumeric applied during exposure in sunlight. Hand embroidery with gold thread. Cyanotypes are a historic alternative light sensitive process where the liquid cyanotype chemical is applied in layers to a surface. The image is created by laying objects, translucent images, or negatives to block or expose certain areas of the composition. The piece is exposed to UV light and developed in water. The additional colors in this piece were created by applying different herbs, soaps and salt water during the exposure process. 8" x 10" 2023
False Asphodel, chlorophyll print on cordyline leaf appx. 10" x 8"

Chlorophyll printing is an alternative photographic process using plant materials, family photographs, found objects, digitally created negatives, and sun light. Exploring the ephemeral nature of memory. "False Asphodel" utilize images of threatened or extinct native MD plant species juxtaposed and printed on popular plants such as cordyline that are found at garden centers across the country. This a camera-less, film-less and chemical free process using the light sensitivity in plant chlorophyll. These images are temporal and will continue to develop naturally in U.V. light.

About SHERRY

2024 OTW Artist Baltimore City

Sherry Insley is a mixed media artist working primarily in photographic and light sensitive processes to explore themes of temporality. Her current work, Ghost Forest, documents the emergence of this environmental phenomena along the Mid Atlantic coastal areas, and the… more

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Ghost Forest Series

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. The skeletal white trunks standing against lush landscape are sounding the alarm of a changing climate. This stark contrast is both beautiful and disconcerting, creating visual and literal gaps in the density of the forest. In the "Ghost Forest" series, the image persists in its reproduction, while the subjects themselves are deteriorating into near disappearance. Can experiences and perceptions become fabrications or by products of photography?

Ghost Forest

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white digital photograph, 24" x 36" giclée print, 2023
Ghost Forest

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white digital photograph, 24" x 36" giclée print, 2022
Ghost Forest

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white digital photograph, 36" x 24" giclée print, 2023
Ghost Forest

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white digital photograph, 24" x 36" giclée print, 2023
Ghost Forest

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white digital photograph, 24" x 36" giclée print, 2023
Ghost Forest

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white digital photograph, 24" x 36" giclée print, 2022
Ghost Forest

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white digital photograph, 36" x 24" giclée print, 2022
Ghost Forest

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white film photograph, 24" x 36" giclée print, 2022
Ghost Forest Series, 2024

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white digital photograph, 24" x 36" giclée print, 2024
Ghost Forest Series

The Ghost Forest series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. Large scale black and white digital photograph, 24" x 36" giclée print, 2023

Reverberate

Reverberate is an experimentation in alternative processes in the darkroom. Film and camera-less, these images are created with only light, water and motion. The unique lines and patterns in the images appear as the water vibrates during exposure. Processed in traditional darkroom chemistry and one of a kind, these images are visual representations of sound. More current work incorporates original sound composed in collaboration with musician Mitch Maltese.

Reverberate

Reverberate is an experimentation in alternative processes in the darkroom. Film and camera-less, these images are created with only light, water and motion. The unique lines and patterns in the images appear as the water vibrates during exposure. Processed in traditional darkroom chemistry and one of a kind, these images are visual representations of sound. More current work incorporates original sound composed in collaboration with musician Mitch Maltese.
Reverberate
Reverberate no. 1

Watergram image created with light, water, black and white photographic paper, and vibrations. Chemically developed and fixed in the darkroom.
Reverberate no. 2

Watergram image created with light, water, black and white photographic paper, and vibrations. Chemically developed and fixed in the darkroom.
Reverberate no.3

Watergram image created with light, water, black and white photographic paper, and vibrations. Chemically developed and fixed in the darkroom.
Reverberate no.4

Watergram image created with light, water, black and white photographic paper, and vibrations. Chemically developed and fixed in the darkroom.
Reverberate no. 3

Reverberate is an experimentation in alternative processes in the darkroom. Film and camera-less, these images are created with only light, water and motion. The unique lines and patterns in the images appear as the water vibrates during exposure. Processed in traditional darkroom chemistry and one of a kind, these images are visual representations of sound. More current work incorporates original sound composed in collaboration with musician Mitch Maltese
Reverberate Series

Reverberate is an experimentation in alternative processes in the darkroom. Film and camera-less, these images are created with only light, water and motion. The unique lines and patterns in the images appear as the water vibrates during exposure. Processed in traditional darkroom chemistry and one of a kind, these images are visual representations of sound. More current work incorporates original sound composed in collaboration with musician Mitch Maltese

Photo Synthesis

Chlorophyll printing is an alternative photographic process using plant materials, family photographs, found objects, digitally created negatives, and sun light. Exploring the ephemeral nature of memory. More current pieces utilize images of threatened or extinct native MD plant species juxtaposed and printed on popular plants found at garden centers across the country. This a camera-less, film-less and chemical free process using the light sensitivity in plant chlorophyll. These images are not archival and will continue to develop naturally in U.V. light.

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Plant material, UV light, Pinhole negative
False Asphodel

Chlorophyll prints are a light sensitive alternative photographic process. This is a camera-less, film-less and chemical free process using the light sensitivity of plant chlorophyll. "False Asphodel" utilizes images of threatened or extinct native MD plant species juxtaposed and printed on popular plants found at garden centers across the country. These images are not archival and will continue to develop naturally in U.V. light.
Detail of "False Asphodel"

Chlorophyll prints are a light sensitive alternative photographic process. This is a camera-less, film-less and chemical free process using the light sensitivity of plant chlorophyll. Detail of "False Asphodel" utilizes images of threatened or extinct native MD plant species juxtaposed and printed on popular plants found at garden centers across the country. These images are not archival and will continue to develop naturally in U.V. light.
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Image of cell division contact printed onto an Umbrella Tree leaf. Digitally created negative, organic plant matter, sun light.
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My Grandmother's lace contact printed onto an Umbrella Tree leaf. Organic Material, leaf, sunlight.
Southern Mountain Mint

Chlorophyll prints are a light sensitive alternative photographic process. This is a camera-less, film-less and chemical free process using the light sensitivity of plant chlorophyll. "Southern Mountain Mint" utilizes images of threatened or extinct native MD plant species juxtaposed and printed on popular plants found at garden centers across the country. These images are not archival and will continue to develop naturally in U.V. light.
Glade Spurge

Chlorophyll prints are a light sensitive alternative photographic process. This is a camera-less, film-less and chemical free process using the light sensitivity of plant chlorophyll. "Glade Spurge" utilizes images of threatened or extinct native MD plant species juxtaposed and printed on popular plants found at garden centers across the country. These images are not archival and will continue to develop naturally in U.V. light.

Botanicus

Working with historical alternative processes such as lumen printing, cyanotypes, and anthotypes, further examines the relationship of photographic images with time and impermanence. The first 4 images in this series are Lumen prints, created with expired black and white photographic paper. The prints cannot be fixed with traditional darkroom chemistry, and will continue to develop and change in the ambient light. The color shifts occur with the age of the paper, exposure and temperature. The last two images are cyanotypes with other pigments applied in areas. Cyanotypes are a historic alternative light sensitive process where the liquid cyanotype chemical is applied in layers to a surface. The image is created by laying objects, translucent images, or negatives to block or expose certain areas of the composition. The piece is exposed to UV light and developed in water. The additional colors in these pieces were created by applying different herbs, soaps and salt water during the exposure process. All of these images are created by contact printing with an object, usually a plant in this body of work, leaving a trace or shadow where the light cannot reach. Often these images take many hours of exposure and building up of layers. No two images can be directly replicated due to their ephemeral nature.

Jonquils

Lumen print, created with expired black and white photographic paper. The prints cannot be fixed with traditional darkroom chemistry, and will continue to develop and change in the ambient light. The color shifts occur with the age of the paper, exposure, temperature and the acids in the objects. 2023.
Pollinator

Lumen print, created with expired black and white photographic paper. The prints cannot be fixed with traditional darkroom chemistry, and will continue to develop and change in the ambient light. The color shifts occur with the age of the paper, exposure, temperature and the acids in the objects. 2023.
Maples

Lumen print, created with expired black and white photographic paper. The prints cannot be fixed with traditional darkroom chemistry, and will continue to develop and change in the ambient light. The color shifts occur with the age of the paper, exposure, temperature and the acids in the objects. 2023.
Hibiscus

Lumen print, created with expired black and white photographic paper. The prints cannot be fixed with traditional darkroom chemistry, and will continue to develop and change in the ambient light. The color shifts occur with the age of the paper, exposure, temperature and the acids in the objects. 2023.
Salt Marsh

Salt Grass cyanotype on watercolor paper with found plants and objects, seaweed, salt water, vinegar, soap bubbles, sunlight and tumeric applied during exposure in sunlight. 8" x 10" 2023
Salt Grass

Cyanotype on watercolor paper with found plants and objects, seaweed, salt water, vinegar, soap bubbles, sunlight and tumeric applied during exposure in sunlight. 8" x 10" 2023
Sea Weed

Mixed media cyanotype on watercolor paper with found plants and objects, seaweed, salt water, vinegar, soap bubbles, sunlight and tumeric applied during exposure in sunlight. 8" x 10" 2023
Leftovers

Lumen print, created with expired black and white photographic paper. The prints cannot be fixed with traditional darkroom chemistry, and will continue to develop and change in the ambient light. The color shifts occur with the age of the paper, exposure, temperature and the acids in the objects. 2024.
Ferns

Lumen print, created with expired black and white photographic paper. The prints cannot be fixed with traditional darkroom chemistry, and will continue to develop and change in the ambient light. The color shifts occur with the age of the paper, exposure, temperature and the acids in the objects. 2023.
Rose of Sharon

Lumen print, created with expired black and white photographic paper. The prints cannot be fixed with traditional darkroom chemistry, and will continue to develop and change in the ambient light. The color shifts occur with the age of the paper, exposure, temperature and the acids in the objects. Printed on expired black and white Agfa paper, 2023.

Time is an Unreliable Narrator

Through alternative processes such as lumen printing, photograms, cyanotypes, anthotypes, and image transfers, I am working with the physicality of photography. What does it mean to use a tool that documents and preserves, to create images that intentionally disappear? Conversely, if the photograph lasts longer than the subject, is it that image that is committed to memory rather than the subject itself? Can reflections and experiences become fabrications or by products of photography? Utilizing family photographs and found objects these photographic images serve as witness and documents of record, as well as manipulate and influence time. Lumen printing is a camera-less and chemical free image making process with traditional black and white darkroom paper. Objects or layers of negatives and transparencies are used to create the composition, and the changes in color occur from the age of the expired papers, the exposure length and the the temperature.

Time is an Unreliable Narrator

Time is... Lumen print of 4x5 negatives, handmade lace, and feathers, contact printed on expired black and white Agfa paper. Lumen printing is a camera-less and chemical free image making process with traditional black and white darkroom paper. Objects or layers of negatives and transparencies are used to create the composition, and the changes in color occur from the age of the expired papers, the exposure length, and the the temperature. This process requires the image to be unfixed, so it continues to develop and change color in ambient light. 8" x 10", 2023
Shark Infested Waters

Cyanotype with mixed media collage on water color paper. Found images, plant material, cyanotype chemistry, salt water, seaweed, soap, vinegar, tumeric, salt, gold thread, and sun light. 11" x 14"
Shark Bait

"Shark Bait" Lumen print on expired black and white photo paper. Utilized photos from family archive to create a digital negative for contact printing. appx. 8" x 10" 2022
Time Bomb

Cyanotype on watercolor paper with hand embroidery. Utilized family archive images to create a digital negative for contact printing.
Time Bomb no. 2

Lumen print on black and white photographic paper. Utilized family archive image to create a digital negative for contact printing.
Petunia's Lace

Lumen print with family heirloom lace contact printed on expired black and white Agfa paper. Lumen printing is a camera-less and chemical free image making process with traditional black and white darkroom paper. Objects or layers of negatives and transparencies are used to create the composition, and the changes in color occur from the age of the expired papers, the exposure length, and the the temperature. This process requires the image to be unfixed, so it continues to develop and change color in ambient light. 8" x 10", 2024
Blue Hens

"Blue Hens" cyanotype with mixed media collage on water color paper. Digital negative of Blue Hen oysters, found images, plant material, cyanotype chemistry, salt water, seaweed, soap, vinegar, tumeric, salt, gold thread, and sun light. 11" x 14"
Fresh Pond

"Fresh Pond" is an color inkjet image transfer on watercolor paper. 11" x 14" created in 2024.
Witch's Tree, Image Transfer

"Witch's Tree" is a black and white inkjet image transfer on watercolor paper. 11" x 14" created in 2024.

Ebb Series

My work with historical alternative processes such as lumen printing and anthotypes, further examines the relationship of photographic images with time and impermanence. The prints cannot be fixed with traditional darkroom chemistry, which is decidedly not environmentally friendly, and will fade away in ambient light. In the Ebb project, I collect seaweed, plant material, and found objects from the areas near ghost forests. I contact print onto photographic paper leaving the translucent silhouettes, and attempt to stabilize the images with saltwater. Here salt water is an agent of preservation rather than destruction.

Ebb

Lumen print. Seaweed on black and white photographic paper, U.V. light, stabilized with salt water.
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Ebb Series

Lumen print. Seaweed on black and white photographic paper, U.V. light, stabilized with salt water.
Ebb Series

Lumen print. Seaweed on black and white photographic paper, U.V. light, stabilized with salt water.
Lace

Lumen print. Lace on black and white photographic paper, U.V. light, stabilized with salt water.
Sea Weed

In the Ebb project, I collect seaweed, plant material, and found objects from the areas near ghost forests. I contact print onto photographic paper leaving the translucent silhouettes, and attempt to stabilize the images with saltwater. Here salt water is an agent of preservation rather than destruction.The colors are created by exposing expired black and white photographic paper to U.V. light. Moisture, heat, the acid of the objects all interact with the papers in unusual and non-replicable ways. "Sea Weed" was created on expired black and white kentmere paper in 2024, 8" x 10"
Sea Nettle #3, Lumen Print

In the Ebb project, I collect seaweed, plant material, and found objects from the areas near ghost forests. I contact print onto photographic paper leaving the translucent silhouettes, and attempt to stabilize the images with saltwater. Here salt water is an agent of preservation rather than destruction.The colors are created by exposing expired black and white photographic paper to U.V. light. Moisture, heat, the acid of the objects all interact with the papers in unusual and non-replicable ways. "Sea Nettle" was created on expired black and white kentmere paper in 2024, 8" x 10"
Sea Nettle, Lumen Print

In the Ebb project, I collect seaweed, plant material, and found objects from the areas near ghost forests. I contact print onto photographic paper leaving the translucent silhouettes, and attempt to stabilize the images with saltwater. Here salt water is an agent of preservation rather than destruction.The colors are created by exposing expired black and white photographic paper to U.V. light. Moisture, heat, the acid of the objects all interact with the papers in unusual and non-replicable ways. "Sea Nettle" was created on expired black and white kentmere paper in 2024, 8" x 10"
Sea Nettle #2, Lumen Print

In the Ebb project, I collect seaweed, plant material, and found objects from the areas near ghost forests. I contact print onto photographic paper leaving the translucent silhouettes, and attempt to stabilize the images with saltwater. Here salt water is an agent of preservation rather than destruction.The colors are created by exposing expired black and white photographic paper to U.V. light. Moisture, heat, the acid of the objects all interact with the papers in unusual and non-replicable ways. "Sea Nettle" was created on expired black and white kentmere paper in 2024, 8" x 10"

What Remains

What Remains series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. This series utilizes color digital and film photography to juxtapose the vibrant invasive species with the disappearing treescape. Many images in this project use cross processed color slide film prints.

What Remains Series

What Remains series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. This series utilizes color digital and film photography to juxtapose the vibrant invasive species with the disappearing treescape. Many images in this project use cross processed color slide film prints.
What Remains Series

What Remains series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. This series utilizes color digital and film photography to juxtapose the vibrant invasive species with the disappearing treescape. Many images in this project use cross processed color slide film prints.
What Remains Series

What Remains series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. This series utilizes color digital and film photography to juxtapose the vibrant invasive species with the disappearing treescape. Many images in this project use cross processed color slide film prints.
What Remains Series

What Remains series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. This series utilizes color digital and film photography to juxtapose the vibrant invasive species with the disappearing treescape. Many images in this project use cross processed color slide film prints.
What Remains Series

What Remains series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. This series utilizes color digital and film photography to juxtapose the vibrant invasive species with the disappearing treescape. Many images in this project use cross processed color slide film prints.
What Remains Series

What Remains series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. This series utilizes color digital and film photography to juxtapose the vibrant invasive species with the disappearing treescape. Many images in this project use cross processed color slide film prints.
What Remains Series

What Remains series is an ongoing photographic documentation begun in the summer of 2022. Depicting the emergence of ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coasts, particularly in the DelMarVa area. When salt water is pushed inland into freshwater ecosystems due to storms, rising sea level, and climate change, the salinity of the soil becomes too high. The Atlantic White Cedar is particularly susceptible to the high salinity, and is the first species to die. This series utilizes color digital and film photography to juxtapose the vibrant invasive species with the disappearing treescape. Many images in this project use cross processed color slide film prints.

Threshold Series

"Threshold" is a photographic project documenting the atmospheric phenomenom of a temperature inversion over the ocean or other large body of water. The horizon line becomes obscured, resulting in a a temporary state of feeling unmoored. This is a liminal space, neither completely land or sea, air or water. It is an absence of footing, and a feeling of disorientation.

Threshold Series

Digital Photography Series, 24" x 37"
Threshold Series
Threshold Series
Threshold Series
Threshold Series
Threshold Installation Image

Digital photography series. Each print is appx 24” x 37” Installation view of series in gallery exhibit.

Untethered

Collaborative project between Sherry Insley and Mitch Maltese. Untethered is a sound and image installation, revisiting images from Threshold, and replacing the disappearing visual information with sound. Using low frequencies, reverberations and higher pitched tones, the aim is to influence the viewer's sensory response to the images. Projected on a vertically hung screen, the sound and images slowly change and evolve while viewing.

Horizonless

Image and Sound Collaboration
Temporality Exhibit

Installation view of video projection in gallery show. Video and sound installation is viewed on a vertically hung screen.

Temporality Series

Photographic series shot at Lake Montebello and surrounding areas. Temperature inversions create layers of dense mist over large bodies of water or open fields. Obscuring the horizon line and landscape. The usually busy environment is muffled and rendered still in these temporarily quiet moments.

Pump House
Gems

Digital photography, archival color giclee print on 100% cotton rag paper. 16" x 20"
Dog Walker
Goal
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Digital Photography
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