Insecticide
Insecticide 2
51.7cm x 58.4cm
Insecticide 2
51.7cm x 58.4cm
Insecticide 3
56.4cm x 49.1cm
Insecticide 4
55.1cm x 49.4cm
Insecticide 5
64.1cm x 65.1cm
Insecticide 6
61.8cm x 73.3cm
Insecticide 7
62.8cm x 53.3cm
Insecticide 8
55.1cm x 41.6cm
Insecticide 11
150.8cm x 130.5cm
Insecticide 12
130.5cm x 134.3cm
Insecticide 13
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide 14
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide 15
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide 16
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide 17
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide 18
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide 24
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide 28
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide 35
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide 38
182cm x 182cm
Insecticide
2006
C-type Photograph
Various Dimensions
When his newborn son arrived home, Collishaw became preoccupied with disinfecting the flat, involving killing bugs and insects that had made their way inside.
He began printing laser images of these flattened creatures by placing them into 35mm glass slide carriers. This process graduated to desktop scanners where he could directly scan the crushed insect.
The scan resembled nothing at first, but Collishaw would look for facets of an image that could be manipulated into something identifiable.