Coming up for air, no. 1 (2012) © Sheila Newbery

Surface light (2012) © Sheila Newbery

Coming up for air, no. 3 (2012) © Sheila Newbery

Going down (2012) © Sheila Newbery

Surface light, no. 2 (2012) © Sheila Newbery

Después de la revelación from *Los Caprichos: after Goya* (palladium print, 2011) Sheila Newbery

From Los Caprichos, an artist’s book in the making. It’s titled after Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes’ well known album of eighty aquatints, which the artist published in 1799, after a debilitating illness.

‘Caprichos’ means literally: whims. Images from this series are photographed from video source on a 4×5 Crown Graphic press camera and printed in platinum-palladium (a traditional process) on Bergger paper (Cot 320).

In keeping with the spirit of Goya’s sharp-edged commentary, I’ve given each of the images a caption — in Spanish.

No dejes que te devore (palladium print, 2011) Sheila Newbery

From Los Caprichos, an artist’s book in the making. It’s titled after Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes’ well known album of eighty aquatints, which the artist published in 1799 after a debilitating illness.

‘Caprichos’ means literally: whims. Images from this series are photographed from video source on a 4×5 Crown Graphic press camera and printed in platinum-palladium (a traditional process) on Bergger paper (Cot 320).

In keeping with the spirit of Goya’s sharp-edged commentary, I’ve given each of the images a caption — in Spanish.

'American couples dancing the foreign polka' (detail)

Above: “American couples danced the foreign polka with gusto in 1848, to show their sympathy with the revolutionaries in Europe.” From The American Past by Roger Butterfield (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947), p. 124.

They were bursting with energy and self-esteem, these Americans of the forties, and they felt that their future was bright despite anything the politicians might—or might not—do. (Butterfield, pp. 124–125).

"No te olvides de tu cara" (palladium print, 2011) Sheila Newbery

From Los Caprichos, an artist’s book in the making. It’s titled after Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes’ well known album of eighty aquatints, which the artist published in 1799 after a debilitating illness.

Caprichos means literally: whims. Images from this series are photographed from video source on a 4×5 Crown Graphic press camera  and printed in platinum-palladium (a traditional process) on Bergger paper.

In keeping with the spirit of Goya’s sharp-edged commentary, I’ve given each of the images a caption — in Spanish.

"Aún más grande" (4 x 5 in. palladium print, 2011)

From Los Caprichos, an artist’s book in the making. It’s titled after Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes’ well known album of eighty aquatints, which the artist published in 1799 after a debilitating illness.

Caprichos means literally: whims. Each image focuses on some aspect of contemporary life. I start with a digital capture from a video source; rephotograph the image on an old 4×5 Crown Graphic press camera; and print it in platinum-palladium (a traditional process) on Bergger paper.

In keeping with the spirit of Goya’s sharp-edged commentary, I’ve given each of the images a caption — in Spanish.

(Quarry Lakes, 2011) © Sheila Newbery

"El optimismo de la séptima entrada" (platinum palladium print, 2011)

An image from Los Caprichos: after Goya, an artist’s book in the making. It’s titled after Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes’ well known album of eighty aquatints, which the artist published in 1799 after a debilitating illness.

Los Caprichos means literally: whims. Each image focuses on some aspect of contemporary life. I start with a digital capture from a video source; rephotograph the image on an old 4×5 Crown Graphic press camera; and finally print it in platinum-palladium (a traditional process) on Bergger paper.

In keeping with the spirit of Goya’s sharp-edged commentary, I’ve given each of the images a caption — in Spanish.

¡Oh -- ser una chica rica! (2011), palladium print from *Los Caprichos*

An image from Los Caprichos: after Goya, an artist’s book in the making. It’s titled after Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes’ well known album of eighty aquatints (with captions), which the artist published in 1799 after a debilitating illness.

‘Los Caprichos’ means literally: whims. Each image involves an initial digital capture from a video source; rephotographing on an old 4×5 Crown Graphic press camera; and finally printing in platinum-palladium (a traditional process) on Bergger paper.

In keeping with Goya’s sharp-edged commentary, I’ve given each of the images a caption — in Spanish.