I frequently work with historic images to build the fictional scenes depicted in my prints and films. These are images that are either fully in the public domain for unrestricted use, or images that may be used under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. In all cases the images are extensively modified (by design, and through process).

Reference images used under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license may be found in the list below:

A bracket clock (shelf clock, mantel clock). Construction and assembly by John Leroux, 177-. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

A man posing naked, with his back to the camera, standing on a rocky outcrop in a watery landscape. Photograph, ca.1900. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

A Sicilian boy, posing naked outdoors. Photograph, ca.1900, by G. Plüschow. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

A young woman, almost full-length, posing naked in a photographic studio, looking at herself in a cheval-glass. Photograph, ca.1900. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

A young woman, posing naked in a photographic studio, lying full-length on a fur-covered sofa or day-bed, with her back to the camera. Stereo photograph, ca.1900. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

A young woman posing naked in a photographic studio, lying on her front on a piece of fabric, a goblet and jug beside her. Stereo photograph, ca.1900. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Anatomical female figure manikin in wax. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Anatomical figures in ivory; 1 female, with layer removed. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Cooke’s School of Anatomy (London School of Anatomy), London: interior, showing a man with a skeleton. Photograph, ca. 192-. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Cooke’s School of Anatomy (London School of Anatomy), London: interior, showing Edward Knight with anatomical specimens. Photograph, ca. 192-. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Ferdinand Hochstetter demonstrating anatomy to his students. Process print, ca. 1930. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Ivory female anatomical figure, Germany, 1601-1800. Credit: Science Museum, London. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Marguerite Agniel posing with her back arched and legs stretched out over her head, wearing a revealing two-piece costume and matching turban, on a rug in a photographic studio. Photograph by J. de Mirjian, ca.1929. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science: students experimenting in a physics laboratory. Photograph, c. 1933. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Photograph: the dissecting room, Cambridge, 1888. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Votive tablets in the Church of Santa Marie de Bagni. Deruta. General view. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Wax votes: wall covered with ex-voto pictures. In the Musee Etnographique, Palmero. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)