Ben Altman

  • Introduction
  • About/Contact
  • NEW
    • I Own This Stolen Land
  • INTRACTABLE HISTORIES
    • The More That Is Taken Away
    • Site/Sight
    • Seeing Memorials
    • Guantanámo Basement
    • Which Side Are You On
  • INVISIBLE HISTORIES
    • The Empty Centre
    • An Expatriate's Views
  • PLACE AND TIME
    • Memory Mechanism
    • Portraits/Interviews

Guantanámo Basement

Guantanamo Basement (c) 2008 Ben Altman. All Rights Reserved

Inverted Narcissus

43 x 52 x 40 inches Twelve Palladium prints, mirror, dog leash, ceramic tiles, velvet

Guantanamo Basement (c) 2008 Ben Altman. All Rights Reserved

An Investigation of Uncertain Value

33 x 41 x 2 inches 16 Palladium prints, lumber, fence wire

Guantanamo Basement (c) 2008 Ben Altman. All Rights Reserved

Mock Shock

70 x 57 x 7 inches 12 silver-gelatin prints, steel bedframe, canvas, cord, masonry screws

Guantanamo Basement (c) 2008 Ben Altman. All Rights Reserved

Mock Shock - detail

Guantanamo Basement (c) 2008 Ben Altman. All Rights Reserved

He'd Do Worse to You

36 x 24 inches Two overlapped Platinum-Palladium prints, dog crate, plexiglass rectangle

Guantanamo Basement (c) 2008 Ben Altman. All Rights Reserved

He'd Do Worse to You

36 x 24 inches Two overlapped Platinum-Palladium prints, dog crate, plexiglass rectangle

Guantanamo Basement (c) 2008 Ben Altman. All Rights Reserved

No Further Questions

50 x 28 inches Palladium/Platinum print, cloth, embroidered mirrors, safety pins, modified commercial frame

Guantanamo Basement (c) 2008 Ben Altman. All Rights Reserved

Snack Time

45 x 34 inches Four Palladium prints, plastic tubing, file-cabinet rails

Guantanamo Basement (c) 2008 Ben Altman. All Rights Reserved

The Interview

27 x 22 x 2 inches Two Palladium prints from cut negative, mirror, reinforced glass