Bio

Bob Carnie is a Toronto-based photographer with an international reputation for printing traditional and digital fine art for acclaimed photographers, galleries and museums. Being most in his element while working in the darkroom, Carnie maintains a hands-on approach that fuels his passion for photography.
Since graduating from the Fanshawe College photography program in 1976, Bob has worked as a photographic printer. Throughout his professional career he has printed for a wide variety of clients, including printing personal portfolios, private collections, gallery exhibitions and museum installations.

Statement - Consumption

​This project is based on throwaway items, recycled material and private items that keep us occupied for periods of our lives and generally forgotten.
 These images are taken on large film cameras and in the darkroom, using the solarization film  process, were converted to these representations.
After the solarization process the negatives are scanned and separation negatives are produced. Pigment is then applied over top of a palladium print to create unique permanent colour and toned photographic prints.
These are the items of our time, or at least of the time that I am living in and will create curiosity with the viewer decades after I leave this world.
The solarization process glorifies these objects and allows me to create singular prints that celebrate the objects as well as disguise them slightly to force the viewer to try to recognize what they are viewing.