“Elegies.” An elegy is a poem of mourning, a reflection on the death of someone. I have been photographing the objects left on graves for some time. They seem a still life of grief, a touchable manifestation of loss. In choosing to print these images on transparent layers of fabric, I am using qualities in the process that mirror how memory works. Many layers create a deep rich detailed image. The fewer the layers, the less defined the image is. Memory works in the same way. Fragmented, some things rich and clear, some barely there.

Catherine Day holds a BFA from Stephens College, and lives and works in McLean, Virginia. Her works are shown regularly in selected national exhibitions and are a part of both private and public collections.