No Fatalities (One)
2021
Oil Stick on Paper
78 x 106 inches
No Fatalities Study (one)
2021
Oil Pastel on paper
9 x 12 inches
No Fatalities Study (10 on crumpled paper)
2021
Oil Stick on Found Paper
8.75 x 12 inches
No Fatalities Study (10 on crumpled paper)
2021
Oil Stick on Found Paper
8.75 x 12 inches
No Fatalities (Plane Crash 1)
2021
Oil on Panel
6 x 8 inches
No Fatalities (Plane Crash 2)
2021
Oil on Panel
6 x 8 inches

The inspiration behind the No Fatalities series was a 1980s National Geographic image of a small airplane that was carrying relief supplies after an earthquake, crashing into a pick-up truck. It was a bad accident on top of a devastating earthquake. The text next to the image described the accident, and reported that there were No Fatalities. It was a near miss. The image touched on my feelings about being a survivor in the ongoing pandemic as well as personal near misses I have experienced. The series No Fatalities holds these strong feelings of sudden trauma and a survivor’s relief together in a single image.

 

Documentation photographs by James Prinz