Mrs. Benifield
Patricia Carr Morgan found this 19th-century photograph of Mrs. Benifield, her great-grandmother, in her father’s garage. It captured the artist’s imagination and led her to rummage through her studio looking for objects and memorabilia that connected with her image. These Mrs. Benifield montages are a record of what she found.
The photographs of Mrs. Benifield captured the artist’s imagination, and the mimetic illusion of this posed photograph became “material” to be used in new ways. She found this 19th century photograph in my father’s garage, she never heard any stories about her, so none of the photographs reflect her personal character or life events.
Archival pigment ink
Vellum
5” x 6” and 5” x 7”
