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As a child I was struck by the idea that falling leaves could slowly consume the concrete covered sidewalk and street. The possibility of a new layer of topsoil heightened my sense of natural cycles and how they interact with human industry. I became fascinated with ideas of coexistence in the environment. My art concentrates on relationships with the natural and constructed world. The resulting work utilizes mechanical documentation via photography, video, and sound directed at enhancing an individual’s consideration of their role in our collective surroundings. A strong part of the intent is to comment on human and ecological mortality relative to the destruction of nature. The past year produced a fresh round of widespread concern about the planet. Human generations today have an interesting situation, to say the least, with consideration to the future. As I look at these relationships through the camera many synergies emerge. Time becomes interconnected somewhere between past and future. Moments blend and develop into more transparent and complicated scenes. I manipulate the camera during the shooting process to create ‘in-camera overlapping multiple exposures’. The images are not pieced together in the digital realm. The viewpoint (or vantage point) of the photographer is specifically important in my process. The final photographs are printed as Lambda C-prints and range from 3 feet wide to over 20 feet wide. They are in editions of 10. Please contact my studio for specific information on these images at anytime. |