Beginning in the 1970s, Barbara Bloom has created work in various mediums including photography, installation, film, and books. She is loosely affiliated with a group of artists referred to as The Pictures Generation. Bloom is interested in the value and meaning we collectively and individually bestow upon objects and images. Yet, she has not been concerned with showing single objects or images but, instead, highlighting the relationships between them and the meanings implicit in their placement and combination. The objects are placeholders for thoughts, and when they are situated in proximity, meanings can reverberate and ricochet off each other.