Baker Artist Portfolios

Faded and past relationships, shot on 35mm film. Presented in the format of a self-published book.

Researching different perspectives of the natural world, venturing at times to create images that are more fantasy than reality, “Nature Life in Layers” is a selection of images that celebrate the intimate connections and forms that repeat over and over again in the Natural World. The work utilizes a number of images that function in the same way that painters use brushes and paint palettes. The intention is to create a provocative image through layered complex compositions that blend details of shapes, shadow/light, and color, coaxing the viewer to look deeper and celebrate the bond.

"Drifting Through Time" is a series that brings together natural elements and humanity as we travel through time. Humans much like nature are transitory. We occupy but a blip in time as individuals with nature existing in its many states and forms for millions of years. My work brings together small glimpses much like a video in time-lapse mode as the imagery fades in and out and glimpses of time overlap. The act of capturing places and spaces in time and bringing them together in a way that they complement each other and enhance each other's design and beauty.

When I was born, the first thing my grandfather did was to make sure I had a full set of fingers and toes, since many children of a-bomb survivors were born with varying birth defects. I remember my introduction to mutants and mutation; first, by my fascination with childhood heroes that gained superpowers through radiation and then later on, in contrast, witnessing my grandfather passing away from cancer. I have been in limbo and stuck between the perpetual question of “Am I a Mutant” and succumbing to the answer that “I Am a Mutant.”

As Ginvera Shay completes a two month Color Darkroom Residency, Full Circle Gallery is excited to host her first solo exhibition. With a deep framework of conceptual objectives, Shay's chromogenic creations utilize experimentation, humor, and fiction to translate her personal experiences.

My portrait work with the Polaroid spanned many years and consists of 1,000s of images.  This project came to a halt with the discontinuation of Polaroid Spectra film around 2012.  At it's heart it is a documentation and celebration of the individual as much as my love for cinema.  The instant film format was perfectly suited to capturing individuals in cinematic composition, as creating a film still out of a moment from their lives.

Infertile American Dream is a triptych of C-prints, which was created by exposing a light-sensitive paper and an unconstructed house model  to sunlight on the day the 45th US president was elected.

Most recent experiments made in my bathroom.