Describing herself, half in jest, as Madam Analogue ferrying ideas and images across the River Styx, Rebecca Silberman reanimates histories that might otherwise fade to static. Through the act of seeing—slow, material, embodied—her work invites viewers to look again, to notice what the eye or culture has trained itself to overlook. In the waking world, Rebecca is a Professor of Art at James Madison University, where she teaches a breadth of traditional photographic practices—from 19th-century techniques to large-format. Her work explores the alchemy of handmade sensitizers, inventive low-tech adaptations, miniatures, and the interplay of optics and illusion. Recognized with numerous honors, she is a recipient of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship in Photography (2019–2020) and a Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Fellowship. Silberman’s work has been exhibited widely across the United States. She earned her MFA in Graphics, encompassing photography, printmaking, and drawing, from Bowling Green State University in Ohio.