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Louise Naunton Morgan is a generational artists who creates traditional art pieces by imitating the algorithms by which printers print images. As a member of an ongoing project called “The Human Printer,” Morgan has become an expert at painstakingly transferring images by hand in order to create quasi-impressionistic pieces that juxtapose digital art with traditional methods.
The juxtaposition of digital creation with traditional methods of art presents an interesting dialogue on the transition society is making from “old media” to “new media,” and is an example of the fluidity with which one can incorporate both methods of creation into producing artwork.
In addition, The Human Printer project has three sections focused on different aspects of printing, such as tonal contrast, mass reproduction, and scale and distance. One can even order prints of particular images from the project. This interactivity with the audience allows the project to resonate more personally, and thus have greater artistic meaning.
