Contrapuntal - Reflections in the Field of Consciousness

Contrapuntal features To See with My Own Eyes I and II and Reflections in the Field of Consciousness, two poetic series photographed in Italy and Germany between 2011 and 2015. By photographing markers of complex historical contexts with elaborate use of color, I explore the differences and similarities between Italian and German cultures. Intuitively capturing objects, interiors, figures, landscapes religious sites and views of nature, I transform the ordinary into images that challenge a fixed reading.

Henryson’s visual poems are experimental in their hybrid photographic-painterly quality. They go in and out of focus, while the subjects are cropped in chance compositions. The worlds in her photographs are both real and invented, though never manipulated; they are presented as seen through the lens of her camera. In Contrapuntal, Henryson explores the multiplicity of counterpoints found in the cultures of Germany and Italy, two seemingly opposite, independent cultures that have intricate shared histories.