Missing the Mark

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Silver Gelatin Prints with Screenprint, 42x42 each, 2023

This series explores biases and assumptions where the viewer interprets marks based on context. The marks come from the Japanese grading system. Different marks denote correct, wrong, close, and perfect. To a western audience the meanings of some marks may be obvious, some may seem meaningless, others may actually mean the opposite of what is expected. These are the first enlargements I have done at this scale in a darkroom and they were a learning experience. I have essentially evaluated this learning experience by grading it. Only by recognizing the context of the marks can the viewer discern the true meaning of the marks. So for those that fail to contextualize the information they will be “Missing the Mark”