THAT WAS THE RIVER, THIS IS THE SEA — KEN ROSENTHAL

THAT WAS THE RIVER, THIS IS THE SEA

The past several years of my life have been colored by change, both positive and adverse: a new partner; a new child; loved ones that have fallen ill at an early age; friends and family departed; a life that ended before it began. For the first time in my life I am keenly aware of my own mortality.

This body of work investigates a series of personal transitions, and the ephemeral nature of our experiences, relationships, and lives. The imagery examines, in part, looking at death not with a sense of fear but with an understanding that it is but one of life’s cycles. It is the first series that I have made in ten years that departs from the distinctive diffused printing style that has characterized my work, which has been at once challenging and liberating.

NOCTURNE

WINTER

FROZEN

AUTUMN

THE GREAT DIVIDE

COSMOS

MAQUILLAGE

RAVEN

TRINITY

SHINE

REMNANTS

NEAR TWILIGHT

GLOW

OCTOBER

TERRA FIRMA

CLEARING

REVERIE

OBSERVATION

ILLUMINATED

TEMPEST

NOCTURNE

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

WINTER

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

FROZEN

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

AUTUMN

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

THE GREAT DIVIDE

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

COSMOS

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

MAQUILLAGE

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

RAVEN

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

TRINITY

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

SHINE

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

REMNANTS

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

NEAR TWILIGHT

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

GLOW

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

OCTOBER

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

TERRA FIRMA

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

CLEARING

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

REVERIE

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

OBSERVATION

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

ILLUMINATED

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP

TEMPEST

2010

Split-toned silver gelatin print

9x9" on 11x14" paper

Edition of 10 + 2 AP