Flight

I. Daedalus II. Icarus III. Memory of Suns.

It is thanks to the peerless stars
That flame in the depth of the sky
That my burned out eyes see
Only the memories of suns.

- Baudelaire, Les Plaintes d'un Icare.

Photographie Spirite

An altered book based on 19th-century spirit photography.
Includes "spirit" photos, other Victorian images, and the poem "Le Revenant" by Charles Baudelaire. June 2008.

Memorial to my Father

Hamlet IV, Scene V.

Ophelia: There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember...
I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died:
they say he made a good end.

December 2006

Sanctuary

Acrylic and collage on the glued and cut pages of a book of magic tricks.

^Cover

^Page 1: Inner Beauty, Inner Peace

^Page 2: Travel

^Page 3:  Gothic

^Page 4: Eve; Italia

^Page 5: Art = True Love

^Page 6: Curiosities

^Page 7: {The Key Page}: Wisdom

^Page 8: L'Amour/La Mort; Fin.
February 2006

©AMP 2017. Banner: Alice M. Phillips, Photographie Spirite (detail), 2008, altered book, collection of the artist.