Will Wilson, Michael Apollo Gomez

Will Wilson
born 1969 San Francisco, CA, lives Santa Fe, New Mexico
Michael Apollo Gomez
2016
archival pigment print from original tintype
17 x 22 in.
lent by the artist, © 2020 Will Wilson

Using historic wet-plate photographic technology, Will Wilson photographed Michael Apollo Gomez while he was undergoing radiation treatment. The patient had been fitted with a protective mask when Wilson captured him staring at a mirror image of a paranormal self. This eerie portrait presents a man plagued by radioactive concerns gazing at his uncertain future.