The Making of Self-Portrait as Maria Portinari

Dorothy Anderson Wasserman Artist Bio Dorothy Anderson Wasserman is a visual artist, photographer, art educator, tap dancer and choreographer. These professional careers have crisscrossed the span of over four decades, informing and enlivening the directions taken. Added to this, throughout all the years, is a deep and abiding love of music. DAW has taken all the photographs in these books, as well as taking all the photographs used in her photo collage. The photo collage are assembled by hand. The physicality of this method is closely connected with the history of collage ­making. The cutting, pasting, and assembly creates a rough, engaging surface. As a final step, the benefits of technology are utilized by digitizing the collage and printing it on rag paper, using pigmented inks. This helps to unify the differing surfaces and textures, creating an archival, luxurious, and repeatable prints.