Julia McLemore

Contemporary Digital Photograms

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Untitled (Lily - Red), 2007 *

     I categorize this work as "photography," because that is my own training. There is a long tradition of photographic prints made without cameras, directly onto paper. This work actually crosses boundaries of photography into a kind of printmaking.
     These images were created on a scanner that shines light through the flowers. The resolution of the scans allows for close-up detail in large prints. Images are printed on an archival Epson wide format printer. The prints look very much like traditional positive photograms (images made in a traditional darkroom, directly on paper without a camera). The inks are made of pigment rather than dye and are rated for longevity beyond traditional color photographic prints.  

Julia McLemore

"The results are a spring tonic.
Colors are rich and have a luminescent appearance, much like transparent watercolors. The details are stunning: tiny plant hairs, drops of moisture, veins running through leaves.
From a moderate distance, the prints become playful."

Bill Mayr, The Columbus Dispatch
April 5, 2007

Fresh Flowers 
"If you were to call Julia McLemore's Transcendent Beauty exhibition at Keny Galleries a show of extraordinary photography, you'd be half right, sort of. Her delicate, light-infused flora enlargements aren't photos, but photograms, created through a newfangled process. McLemore places her subjects in a high-resolution scanner, where the scanning light highlights the veiny detail in every leaf and petal. Archival-quality printing and pigment-hued inks add to the intensity and timelessness of the finished images."

Melissa Starker, Columbus Alive