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Erin Jane Nelson (she/her)

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Erin Jane Nelson’s ceramic sculptures are also functional pinhole cameras, which she used to create the nearby photographs. Working in the desert of northern New Mexico, she rests the cameras on the ground so that they remain still through the long exposure time they require. Rather than picturing the region’s famously dramatic vistas, Nelson creates intimate views of the underlying ecological systems.

Las esculturas de cerámica de Erin Jane Nelson también son unas cámaras estenopeicas funcionales que usó para crear las fotografías exhibidas en esta exposición. Trabajando en el desierto del norte de Nuevo México, Nelson colocó las cámaras en el suelo para que permanecieran estáticas durante la larga exposición temporal requerida. En vez de fotografiar las famosas vistas dramáticas de la región, Nelson creó imágenes íntimas de los sistemas ecológicos subyacentes.

Sunflower Self, 2025

A glazed ceramic figure resembling a tree holds a large textured black disk with three pink appendages.
A glazed ceramic figure resembling a tree holds a large textured black disk with three pink appendages.

Erin Jane Nelson, Sunflower Cam, 2025. Pigment prints and found materials on glazed stoneware, 25 × 24 × 18 in. (63.5 × 61 × 45.7 cm). Collection of the artist. © Erin Jane Nelson. Image courtesy the artist, Chapter NY, New York, and DOCUMENT, Chicago | Lisbon. Photography by Charles Benton

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