For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then I shall know, even as I am known.

The original Biblical context of the phrase, "through a glass darkly," uses a shadowy mirror as a metaphor for faulty or imperfect understanding. Yet, the poetic beauty of the phrasing and metaphor also works against this commonly accepted meaning, toward an almost antithetical notion: that of taking joy in imperfection.

In an exciting and lyrical new collection of work, "Through a Glass Darkly" by Stephen M. Schaub employs a hybrid process of his own devising— "Digital Holgaroids," as Schaub refers to them— to reach a place of unique expressive potential which finds joy in the imperfection of photographic description.

After shooting a Polaroid positive with his Holga camera, Schaub scans the Polaroid print. From this "sketch," Schaub then employs select digital processes to achieve the visualized photograph. Final images are rendered in exquisite depth and tonality as piezograph prints on European mould-made papers.