Medium: Platinum Palladium on Gampi Paper
Dimensions: 16″ x 20″ framed/ 6.5″x9″ unframed
Prince $1500

Artist Statement

My series highlights impermanence and fragility through platinum palladium photographs of ancient Haida sites. As a child I saw Haida art in decontextualized and sterile museums. I was fascinated with the objects I saw, these items spoke to me; history resonated from them. This project is about the passage of time, the loss of art, culture, and history. I take medium format film-based images and hand coat platinum palladium emulsion onto paper in the darkroom and print the images on delicate Gampi paper. This series is essential now as Canada attempts to move towards reconciliation it is important to not only discuss the ongoing atrocities that take place in the First Nation communities but to also look at the dynamic and complex cultures that were impacted by these brutalities. I am an outsider visiting the land, but I can feel my deep connection with it, the people, and art that remains.

Artist Biography

Fiona Howarth is a film based photographer who specializes in historic and alternative processes. Through working in the darkroom for over two decades she has proven to be a master printer and expert in traditional photographic practises. Her work focuses on memories, liminality, and environmental changes; looking to develop a new understanding of our impact on the fragile world. She is seeking to look beyond the sublime landscape and find beauty in the details and banality of the overlooked ordinary.

Howarth has exhibited her photography in solo and group exhibitions across Canada, U.S.A, and internationally and been published internationally. She utilizes platinum palladium printing for most of her work to create tactile luminescent prints with rich tonality and presence.

Find Fiona online

Website: howarthphotography.com Instagram: @howarthphotography Facebook: @HowarthPhotography