Adam Licht
Adam Licht
Workspace Program Resident 1996
Adam Licht sets up the relationship between the organic and synthetic in his photographed Found Series. Made on a dirt surface in the basement of the Mill, the cast of a basic objects like a comb, light bulb, detergent or soda bottle was made with paper pulp then photographed. The cast captures the shape of the object and the debris lying near on the ground. As a document of this process, the artists has created a prehistoric tromp l’oeil where the contemporary item looks more like a fossil of a trilobite or displaced vertebrate than what it really is—a challenge to photographic truth.
About the Artist
Adam Licht received a MFA in Photography from the University of Arizona and BFA in Photography from College at Purchase. He also holds a MBA from the University of Chicago. (Source: UTurn)