Tenesh Webber

Unlock (Abstract photography)

2021

Tenesh Webber is a Canadian abstract photographer whose work explores and challenges conventions of traditional black and white photography. She lives in Jersey City, New Jersey and works in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Webber’s process begins with sketches, in which she develops the image ideas. She then creates two-dimensional objects out of sewing thread, or marker on the plexiglass. She builds the images through layering, stretching and cutting the thread, and through repetitive line drawing onto the plexiglass. Webber’s work falls within a tradition of rayographs or photograms, established by artists such as Man Ray, and László Moholy-Nagy, in the 1920s, artists whose work in photography was informed by their painting and sculptural practice. Building on these artist’s work, Webber has developed a unique approach to the creation of her photograms, integrating elements of sculpture and drawing while also incorporating chance operations.