DAVID GRAHAM
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Imaginary Ancestors



"Imaginary Ancestors": a series of digital collages. Mostly based on anonymous 19th Century portraits, which are then heavily manipulated and blended with my own imagery. Hover over images to read captions. Or click on any image to scroll through as a slideshow.

Where Henry was concerned, Elspeth felt the need to make her point rather forcefully
The masquerade
Ernestine lived in her own world much of the time
Annabeth was quite accustomed to being underestimated
Josephine was never far from Randall's thoughts
Today Abigail achieved a fragile calm
Clementine remembered Roger often
Charlotte was quite comfortable in the spotlight
Anthologist
Lucy & Letitia were never apart for long
The religious rites of that time were rarely witnessed by outsiders
Lessons of history
His views on gender were advanced for the time
Evangeline did not suffer fools gladly
Otto loved Wilhelmina & Clara with equal fervor
Walter's greatest fear was that he would be forgotten
The Bartholomew twins could never escape the shadow of their sordid past
Ernestine took her greatest secret to the grave
Quite evenly matched
When asked how many children he had fathered, Mad Dog Murphy's answers varied
Ectoplasm
Nocturne
Lunar sleep
She goes green
Portrait from memory
Unfinished business
Making cold calls 1
Making cold calls 2
Making cold calls 3
Louisa believed in the power of prayer
Edmund often surprised Dorothea
"A face to meet the faces"
Slow afternoon at the Head & Hair Museum
"Vesuvius at home"
Hermione showed me the world 1
Bernice made many men uncomfortable
Back in the day
Most days, Henrietta was satisfied with her station in life.
Lucretia was my favorite Aunt
Ruby & Fredericka did not mind being mistaken for sisters
The pleasure principle
Insomnia song
Quite evenly matched
Designated survivor / Mind's eye
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    • Homage to Siskind
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