Portraits

The photographic tradition of portraiture utilizes the medium at its most basic and historic levels. Goodine was raised in a family of photojournalists and studied the Farm Security Administration collection at the George Eastman House with the Director, Robert Doherty. In the Farmville and Portrait series, Goodine attempts to expand, or even to implode, the individual portrait to gain a glimpse into the psyche of the sitter. Goodine's photographs have always shared similarities with the daguerreotype as she used the direct-positive process, shooting only in chromes and directing her subjects into long poses. How many breaths did it take to complete a daguerreotype portrait? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? The rendering of a portrait onto the plate, negative, or memory stick takes careful consideration. The objects and props work as a bridge from the solid real to the ever-expanding interior of the sitter; a mythology belonging to no time.