Leah Raintree

On Force is a series of silver gelatin prints produced at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada through the process of breaking shale from the surrounding region directly onto photosensitive paper.  Shale is a sedimentary stone formed through compaction, a geologic process that takes several million years to occur. Completed in immediate succession, the series produces to scale records of the stone's transformation, rendering it’s sedimentary process in reverse. | 2012, 16x20" each, gelatin silver prints (unique)