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Eger, 1998

Each photograph captures an empty burial vault in an unostentatious cemetery located on the edge of Eger, Hungary. The austerely plain burial structure was constructed out of cement forming a grid of boxes aligned in rows. Many of the empty burial vaults served as shrines in remembrance of loved ones entombed in an adjoining vault. Each of the eight in this collection form an existential narrative with the sequential antique magic lantern slides.

C prints and antique magic lantern slides (light box), 30" x 44" x 9", 1998

C prints and antique magic lantern slides (light box), 44" x 30" x 9", 1998

C prints and antique magic lantern slides (light box), 44" x 30" x 9", 1998

gelatin silver prints and antique magic lantern slides (light box), 44" x 30" x 9", 1998

gelatin silver prints and antique magic lantern slides (light box), 30" x 44" x 9", 1998

gelatin silver prints and antique magic lantern slides (light box), 30" x 44" x 9", 1998

C prints and antique magic lantern slides (light box), 30" x 44" x 9", 1998

gelatin silver prints and antique magic lantern slides (light box), 44" x 30" x 9", 1998

installation view, 1998

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