Lucy Stevens

Stevens has taken the notion of ‘Vesch’ loosely translated as ‘an object with a human soul/spirit’ and chosen to produce a series of silver gelatin contact prints showing a chicken egg, which appears to be x-rayed.

In this series of photographs (taken using the iphone4), the egg shell has been burnt using a candle until completely covered with black ash (carbon) and then photographed at various stages; half burnt, fully burnt and then underwater.

‘Egg 3' and ‘Egg 4' are both suspended in water and appear to be transparent or to have a reflective surface. This effect is caused by the material becoming hydrophobic (water repellent) and the refraction of light creating the illusion of a mirror.