All Solid Shapes Dissolve in Light addresses the lack of permanence in the very objects that we’ve determined to be steadfast. “They say that rocks never die, they just change form. What if it were true of everything, including us and pictures? The change happens slowly, so we only notice it in hindsight, like the subtle shift of our faces over time, the photographs reveal so clearly.” With her camera, Elfman holds still the evolution that time insists upon by pairing images of hands and stones. Our flesh reveals our age–marking the passage of time; stone on the other hand appears timeless and equally ancient from the perspective of the very brief moment any one of us spends on this planet by comparison. This calls into question both earth's and our own ephemerality. She uses the anthotype to further suggest our elusiveness and inevitable “fading away.”