Gary Fisher
Photography
© 2017 - 2025 Gary Fisher
Temporal Shift Series 2019 - Present
The foundation for this work stemmed from photographic and video cloud sequences I made in the 1970s and 1990s. The images in this Temporal Shift Series were made in Southern California, the Sierra, and the Mohave desert.
In 2019 I began a new series of time sequences of cloud phenomena. The series deals with cloud phenomena recorded photographically at two instants of time. The time interval might be seconds to minutes. My criterion as to when to record the first and second photographs is based on how the clouds emotionally appear to me as they evolve.
There is purposeful ambiguity as to which image in the pair occurs first. The time interval between images is also ambiguous. For me these sequences are metaphors for temporality and moment-to-moment awareness. Conceptualy, the series is a study of the perception of time and change.
Each of the photographs is an original, one-off, in-camera dye diffusion print which enhances the temporality of the work.
Since 2019 I have recorded over 150 "Temporal Shift" pairs.
In 2019 I began a new series of time sequences of cloud phenomena. The series deals with cloud phenomena recorded photographically at two instants of time. The time interval might be seconds to minutes. My criterion as to when to record the first and second photographs is based on how the clouds emotionally appear to me as they evolve.
There is purposeful ambiguity as to which image in the pair occurs first. The time interval between images is also ambiguous. For me these sequences are metaphors for temporality and moment-to-moment awareness. Conceptualy, the series is a study of the perception of time and change.
Each of the photographs is an original, one-off, in-camera dye diffusion print which enhances the temporality of the work.
Since 2019 I have recorded over 150 "Temporal Shift" pairs.
Selected Work
Temporal Shift #46, 2019, 7" x 12"
Copyright 2019 Gary Fisher
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
Temporal Shift #10, 2019, 7" x 12"
Copyright 2019 Gary Fisher
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
Temporal Shift #10, 2019, 7" x 12"
Copyright 2019 Gary Fisher
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
Temporal Shift #50, 2020, 7" x 12"
Copyright 2020 Gary Fisher
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
Temporal Shift #51, 2020, 7" x 12"
Copyright 2020 Gary Fisher
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
Temporal Shift #83, 2021, 7" x 12"
Copyright 2021 Gary Fisher
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
Ascendance, 2019
Copyright 2019 Gary Fisher
Selected Cloud Photographs
Temporal Shift #16, 2019, 7" x 12"
Copyright 2019 Gary Fisher
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
in camera dye diffusion photographs of the overhead sky at two instants of time
Rift, 2017
Copyright 2017 Gary Fisher
Untitled, 2018
Copyright 2018 Gary Fisher
Billowing, 2019
Copyright 2019 Gary Fishert
Shooting Star, 2019
Copyright 2019 Gary Fisher
Untitled, 2023
Copyright 2023 Gary Fisher