Life in Ukraine Amid Russian War | Cameron Mankin

Medium: Intaglio and ink on paper Year: 2022 Dimensions: 9” x 12” Edition: variable edition of 4 About the Regarding Ukraine Series (2022) In 1633, printmaker Jacques Callot made his Miseries of War – a series of 18 etchings depicting the invasion of his home, Lorraine, that would go on to inspire the works of artists like Francisco Goya and Otto Dix. At the same time, he was developing an incredibly rigid system of etching, preserved in Abraham Bosse’s Manual of Etching. Regarding Ukraine applies Callot’s etching system to news images circulating today in order to ask what the connection is between this influential 17th century French etcher and contemporary work-for-hire news photography. This series explores the way images shape our perception of the public sphere and current events, and the often overlooked systems of design that are employed to do so.