Jennifer West
Smoke Cloud 22021

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Artist or Maker: Jennifer West
United States, Topanga Canyon, California, active Los Angeles, born 1966
Title: Smoke Cloud 2
Date Made: 2021
Medium: Dye diffusion transfer print
Dimensions: Image: 20 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (53.02 × 35.24 cm) Primary support: 20 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (53.02 × 35.24 cm) Secondary support: 20 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (53.02 × 35.24 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Ralph M. Parsons Fund.
Accession Number: M.2022.70.2
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Photography
Curatorial Notes: Jennifer West’s Smoke Cloud images began as cell phone shots of smoke plumes from the El Dorado Fire of 2020. West was on a hike nearby and experienced the shock of the fire firsthand; and even while attempting to reconnect with nature, she had her cell phone with her to capture this encroachment of human activity. Presenting each digital image on a flatscreen monitor placed on the floor, she then took another iteration of images from a disposable camera. The film negatives from this shoot were then painted and the dried filmstrips scanned to produce a trio of color photographs (see also M.2022.70.1, .3). The images contain dueling hot and cool tones, evoking nature, technology, and the human bridge between.

Eve Schillo

2024

Not on view

No image

Artist or Maker: Jennifer West
United States, Topanga Canyon, California, active Los Angeles, born 1966
Title: Smoke Cloud 2
Date Made: 2021
Medium: Dye diffusion transfer print
Dimensions: Image: 20 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (53.02 × 35.24 cm) Primary support: 20 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (53.02 × 35.24 cm) Secondary support: 20 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (53.02 × 35.24 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Ralph M. Parsons Fund.
Accession Number: M.2022.70.2
Classification: Photographs
Collecting Area: Photography
Curatorial Notes: Jennifer West’s Smoke Cloud images began as cell phone shots of smoke plumes from the El Dorado Fire of 2020. West was on a hike nearby and experienced the shock of the fire firsthand; and even while attempting to reconnect with nature, she had her cell phone with her to capture this encroachment of human activity. Presenting each digital image on a flatscreen monitor placed on the floor, she then took another iteration of images from a disposable camera. The film negatives from this shoot were then painted and the dried filmstrips scanned to produce a trio of color photographs (see also M.2022.70.1, .3). The images contain dueling hot and cool tones, evoking nature, technology, and the human bridge between.

Eve Schillo

2024