View original project here.
Using the Chine Collé process, Jesse James’ iconic portrait is printed from a solar plate onto aged pages from T.J. Styles’ book, Jesse James–Last Rebel of the Civil War. The portrait is printed on aged pages from Styles’ book. The print size is 9” x 6”. Some of the images have a surface treatment of gold leaf, gunpowder and the artist’s blood. The gold-leaf references the cultural fascination with mythologizing criminals. The gunpowder is an obvious reference to James’ outlawry and the artist’s blood is a literal representation of her ancestral connection to James, as well as an intentional decision to embed her DNA into the print surface. View the original project here.
