After Emily Lipson takes a photograph, she prints it, scans it, prints it, scans it again. She’ll add writing, sometimes cut it up, sometimes work with a collage artist. It’s about adding texture and depth, both purposeful and via serendipity – a recent project started when she left a stack of photographs in the corner of her apartment and water from a nearby potted plant seeped out onto the images, distorting the colours in what she calls “the most beautiful accident ever”. Ultimately, the aim is to create something tangible in an ephemeral age, something that will stand the test of time. “How can I make this image an object?” as Lipson puts it. “How can I make those objects have layers?”