Photographs by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen Introduction by Denise Miller-Clark Poem by Mark Strand For Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, photography is theatre: the alleged credibility of the photographic image signifies to her a myth by which to "palm off fantasy as reality" while leading us to the kingdom where the human psyche dwells. Using a pinhole camera she constructed to achieve infinite depth of field, Thorne-Thompsen-a third generation woman photographer-creates images of the spirits quest for integration. In compositions at once mysterious, witty, and erudite, Thorne-Thomsen deftly employs archetyping, appropriation, and manipulation to invent landscapes where the individual and collective unconscious merge in an alluring and spirited dance. Ruth Thorne-Thomsen is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships. Denise Miller-Clark has been director of The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, since 1986, and Mark Strand is a Poet Laureate of the United States.

Within This Garden: Photographs by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen

Arts & Photography

MILLER, DENISE

Thorne-Thomsen, Ruth

Miller-Clark, Denise

Individual Artists

Aperture

Within This Garden: Photographs

Photography & Video

Columbia College

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