Jayne Hinds Bidaut

Mortality is the compelling theme present in the tintypes of Jayne Hinds Bidaut. Through her encounter with the tintype technique of the past, Bidaut uses the medium itself to address her concerns with lost species and lost history. The antiquated look of a blackened thin sheet of iron achieves both physical intimacy with the image and a sympathetic perspective on the demise of living forms. The faded tonalities, patinas, blurs, and flaws in her tintypes recall and revive the past.

Jayne Hinds Bidaut (b. 1965) Human Skeleton, 1999 Dryplate tintype photogram Twelve plates, each 11 x 14 inches

Jayne Hinds Bidaut (b. 1965) Rana Cateseiana (Bullfrog), 1999 Dryplate tintype photogram 14 x 11 inches