I became fascinated with Hieronymus Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights” as a teenager. His limitless imagination and intricately detailed images captured my mind.

With my series, “Bosch Redux”, I hone in on details that occupy the background of some of his works, including “The Haywain,” “The Last Judgment,” “The Temptation of St. Anthony,” and of course, “The Garden of Earthly Delights.” I put these details center stage, using models, wardrobe, special prosthetics and specially-built props to create photographic facsimiles of Bosch’s original paintings. Bosch’s bizarre images also speak to my own fascination with oddities and outcasts.

As a kid, I was absorbed by horror movies and “The Twilight Zone.” On my bedroom door I taped a photo of the fattest twins in the world riding minibikes side-by-side. My mom would periodically throw out this picture, but I always found it and re-taped it to my door. I cherished weirdness in all forms, since I grew up in Anaheim, where everything and everybody looked the same. Bosch further intrigued me because there was so little known about him – what he believed in, what he thought, who he was. I felt compelled to use my medium of photography to try to understand him, to inhabit his world and his mind. For me, delving into the art of Bosch not only tests my photography skills, I have given myself a unique opportunity to occupy a historical age vicariously through his art.

About Lori Pond

Lori Pond is a photographic artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her photography encompasses themes such as fear, good vs. evil, life and death, the impermanence of all things, and most recently, how our brain interprets “reality” in her series, “As I See It.” Her most well-recognized work is “Bosch Redux,” in which she replicated details from 15th century painter Hieronymus Bosch’s works using models, props and specially-made prosthetics to create and celebrate his oeuvre. She has delved into infrared photography, drone photography, wet plate collodion, and silver and gold leafing.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Performance and Spanish Language from Indiana University. She also has a Master’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism from USC.

Her interest in photography has been lifelong, starting with using a Polaroid Land Camera for her junior high school newspaper. She has studied photography with such luminaries as Aline Smithson, JoAnn Callis, Richard Tuschman, and Dan Burkholder.

Her work has been shown at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Oceanside Museum, MOAH (Museum of Art and History), The Center for Fine Art Photography, and the Center for Photographic Art, to mention a few.  Her work has been widely published, most recently appearing in “Dek Unu Magazine”, “All About Photo,” “LA Voyager,”  “Shots” Magazine, “Dodho Magazine, ” “Shadow & Light Magazine,” “The Hand Magazine,” “The Sun” , “Analog Forever”, and “California Love—A Visual Mixtape”.. She has accumulated accolades and awards including a first place win in the Architectural/Interiors category of the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards in 2020, the 2020 Cornel/Henry Art Award, and a 2021 Merit Award at the Center for Photographic Art for her photograph “Someone Knows You’re Coming” from her work, “Learning to Walk in the Dark.” She also received an Honorable Mention in the 18th Edition (2022) of the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for her series, “As I See It.” She has been a Critical Mass finalist four times, including 2023.

Solo shows include her “Bosch Redux” series at the Griffin Museum in 2018, “Nothing in the Entire Universe is Hidden” at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia in 2015,  “Menace” at Gallery 825, Los Angeles in 2015, “Bosch Redux” at Gallery 825, Los Angeles in 2018 and “Bosch Redux” at Orange Coast College of Fine Arts, Costa Mesa, CA in 2016.

Lori is an advisor for Pasadena Photography Arts, for which she applied for (and received!) a grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation in 2022. She also co-hosts PPA’s Open Show and Forum programs, which feature both up and coming and established photographic artists. [Official Website]