I made this picture soon after the lower entry's image. I shot the source on the same day as the last, on the same roll of film. I remember going to the craft store and buying all the air drying goop I could find in the bargain bin. From that I found out how certain goops fracture when they dry over other goops, very technical stuff. I never really went into making an image with any sort of plan, I would sit at a light table for hours playing around to see what I could come up with. In this source I saw an opportunity to make a more ambiguous subject. And through playing around with craft store supplies I was able to make the atmosphere around it.
Again I was compared with a very badass artist, this time Connie Imboden (b. 1953). Her photo book Piercing Illusions was one of the first art books I really got into, so it made sense to me when I heard the comparison.
Her subjects are sometimes ambiguous to the point of not even knowing what body parts are what. This is "Untitled #8267.7" from 1999. As with Witkin, her approach is much different than mine. Her pictures are shot underwater, and the results are something like this. What's cooler is that she lives in the same state as me, and I got to see where and how she shoots these images. I won't blab all her secrets, but I think it's awesome how she gets these warped pictures without altering her negatives at all.
This one doesn't look like mine, but it is one of my favorite Imbodens. This is "Untitled #8393" also from 1999. It's just so weird I have to show it, and I'll leave it up to you to figure it the hell out.
http://www.connieimboden.com/