Stellar Skytron by S. Billie Mandle
Stellar Skytron combines the deeply human wonder of new motherhood, with the mechanization of childbirth. As the surgical lights that Mandle’s child was born under swirl out and multiply over the page, we are reminded of the cosmic beauty that exists in contradictions and new life.
Dear J, These are the lights you were born under. Stellar Skytron lights to be precise. Most of life is dark - here are your first lights. Love, M
Collector Daily - November 2020
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Edition of 30
4.25” x 5.25”
13 images
Hand bound accordion book
Designed by Emily Sheffer
Published by Dust Collective
Summer 2020
About the Artist
S. Billie Mandle is an artist from Northern California whose photographs bridge the scientific and the sacred. Her work has been supported by fellowships from Light Work, Yaddo, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and a research grant from the University of California Los Angeles Archives. Her books include Reconciliation (Kehrer Verlag, 2020), Stellar Skytron (Dust Collective, 2020), Circumference (Dust Collective, 2024), and Asunder (TBW, forthcoming 2025). She was nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award and the Prix Pictet and her photographs are held in several public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Mandle is an Associate Professor of Photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, having previously taught at Hampshire College. She has an MFA from MassArt and a BA in biology from Williams College. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Stellar Skytron combines the deeply human wonder of new motherhood, with the mechanization of childbirth. As the surgical lights that Mandle’s child was born under swirl out and multiply over the page, we are reminded of the cosmic beauty that exists in contradictions and new life.
Dear J, These are the lights you were born under. Stellar Skytron lights to be precise. Most of life is dark - here are your first lights. Love, M
Collector Daily - November 2020
More Details
Edition of 30
4.25” x 5.25”
13 images
Hand bound accordion book
Designed by Emily Sheffer
Published by Dust Collective
Summer 2020
About the Artist
S. Billie Mandle is an artist from Northern California whose photographs bridge the scientific and the sacred. Her work has been supported by fellowships from Light Work, Yaddo, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and a research grant from the University of California Los Angeles Archives. Her books include Reconciliation (Kehrer Verlag, 2020), Stellar Skytron (Dust Collective, 2020), Circumference (Dust Collective, 2024), and Asunder (TBW, forthcoming 2025). She was nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award and the Prix Pictet and her photographs are held in several public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Mandle is an Associate Professor of Photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, having previously taught at Hampshire College. She has an MFA from MassArt and a BA in biology from Williams College. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Stellar Skytron combines the deeply human wonder of new motherhood, with the mechanization of childbirth. As the surgical lights that Mandle’s child was born under swirl out and multiply over the page, we are reminded of the cosmic beauty that exists in contradictions and new life.
Dear J, These are the lights you were born under. Stellar Skytron lights to be precise. Most of life is dark - here are your first lights. Love, M
Collector Daily - November 2020
More Details
Edition of 30
4.25” x 5.25”
13 images
Hand bound accordion book
Designed by Emily Sheffer
Published by Dust Collective
Summer 2020
About the Artist
S. Billie Mandle is an artist from Northern California whose photographs bridge the scientific and the sacred. Her work has been supported by fellowships from Light Work, Yaddo, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and a research grant from the University of California Los Angeles Archives. Her books include Reconciliation (Kehrer Verlag, 2020), Stellar Skytron (Dust Collective, 2020), Circumference (Dust Collective, 2024), and Asunder (TBW, forthcoming 2025). She was nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award and the Prix Pictet and her photographs are held in several public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Mandle is an Associate Professor of Photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, having previously taught at Hampshire College. She has an MFA from MassArt and a BA in biology from Williams College. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.