These photographs ask us to pause and observe the invisible structures of our world. Sarah Prud’homme takes stones from New England beaches as a portal to geological creation, deploying her somber close studies as a way to measure the tiny human against very grand time scales. Her exquisite close-ups invite the viewer to feel texture, particles caught in slow motion that evoke the process of earth’s energies becoming solid. The seductive roundness of the ocean- tumbled rocks makes you want to hear the voice of each stone through your fingers. Prud’homme conveys the patience of the natural world, even as she gently reminds us of how humanity is a fleeting phenomenon, stuck in its shrunken viewpoint of the anthroprocene. Contemplating pebbles reveals monumentality through each discrete oval presence. This work offers insight, grandeur and humility. The exhibition remains on view till March 4 at The Cornwall Library in Connecticut.
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