Working since 1989, Kimberly Austin has
produced photographs on silk, muslin, wood, and paper. She works
exclusively with vintage photographic recipes, Van Dyke, Cyanotype,
and Gum Bichromate, and mixes all emulsions by hand in her studio.
Her images are built up from consecutive printing, either through
multiple runs of translucent emulsions, or by layering images
on transparent silk and vellum.
The content of Austin's work focuses on conceptions of normal
behavior and development. She has worked extensively with portraits,
vintage illustrations, text excerpts, and most recently personal
documents from her family history. In each series she has focused
on the discrepancy between societal expectations of the individual
and the reality of being human. Her work continues to explore
this delicate balance, exposing our vulnerability to a seemingly
unending cast of social mores and accepted modes of healthy
living.
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