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Swallowtail

Stephanie Rogers — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:36:06 GMT

Seven Months Later no. 10

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:54:09 GMT

These are photographs of photo albums taken while I was helping with relief effort in New Orleans seven months after Hurricane Katrina (spring 2006). The houses I helped muck out had not been touched since the hurricanes and were still filled with mud. There was mold everywhere. Somehow the particular combination of the album or frameand the photographic chemicals created multi-colored mold growing in beautiful abstract patterns.

Seven Months Later no. 9

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:53:08 GMT

Seven Months Later no. 8

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:52:03 GMT

Seven Months Later no. 7

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:51:09 GMT

Seven Months Later no. 6

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:49:56 GMT

Seven Months Later no. 5

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:49:09 GMT

Seven Months Later no. 4

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:48:26 GMT

Seven Months Later no. 3

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:47:37 GMT

Seven Months Later no. 2

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:43:59 GMT

Seven Months Later no. 1

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:35:56 GMT

These are photographs of photo albums taken while I was helping with relief effort in New Orleans seven months after Hurricane Katrina (spring 2006). The houses I helped muck out had not been touched since the hurricanes and were still filled with mud. There was mold everywhere. Somehow the particular combination of the album or frame and the photographic chemicals created multi-colored mold growing in beautiful abstract patterns.

Grandma diptych a

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:19:51 GMT

van Dyke print with cross-stiching

image: Grandma diptych b

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Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:15:46 GMT

van Dyke print and recycled fabric.

Grandma's Flower Garden

Stephanie Rogers — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:05:23 GMT

van Dyke, toned cyanotype, and gum bichromate prints on recycled fabric.

The Apiculturist

Stephanie Rogers — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:44:23 GMT

In the last two years, between fifty and ninety percent of the domestic bee populations in the United States have died. The loss of these hives has been named Colony Collapse Disorder. Though we know that the colonies die because their worker bees abandon the hive, no one knows what causes them to do so or how to solve the problem. The bees' ecological role as important pollinators means that if domestic bee populations drop significantly, portions of U.S. Agriculture will yield substantially smaller crops, and the North American flora may change significantly. My grandfather has been a beekeeper for several decades. As an entomologist and professor of biology he did research on bees, studying their communication patterns. Since he retired, his beekeeping hobby keeps him busy and involved in the community - helping other apiculturists get started, attending regional beekeeping meetings, and studying to become a master beekeeper. When he's not working with bees or the plants that depend on them, my grandfather spends his time with my grandmother, which has been an increasingly time-consuming activity since she got Alzheimer's and has been losing her ability to function normally.