I am drawn to photography because I am fascinated by the mechanisms of interaction between light, camera, lens and eye. Photography, unlike any other mediums has the ability to use light to shape time and space; to preserve a sliver of a moment that can encapsulate an infinite depth of meaning within the human consciousness. There is both a sense of tactile, mechanical, and democratic process, but also still a touch of mystery in what makes a beautiful, intriguing, artistic photograph.This inherent duality and symbiosis of art and science is what permeates my photographic style and in turn allows photography to shape my views.
Similar to the Jungian archetype of the "artistic scientist" my photography style revolves around the need to capture images of simplistic themes through grand complex mechanisms. Much like a science experiment I am aiming to capture an image that represents a hypothesis derived from a conglomeration of controlled processes mixed with the uncontrolled variable acts of universal fate and coincidence. This is where I feel the artistic thread weaves through my photography; in the slight spaces between the dreams and contraptions I have coalesced in my mind and the actualities of the natural world. The images that unexpectedly prove me wrong and change my perspective are often the one I am most deeply attracted to.
I most often focus on exploring how we as a human consciousness relate to the environments around us; as elements within an ecosystem or sentient beings interacting with our own manufactured spaces. I am looking for moments that show a duality of existence and subsistence. What does the relationship between the natural universe and the world we create look like? How do we as conscious beings come to understand the complexities of how we affect and how we are affected, not only the world around us, but to one another as a collective consciousness.
My hope is that my photography can act as an additive to distill these complexities down to their quiet emotions; thin threads to bind us to a moment of clarity preserved in two dimensions. Through photography I have learned that our perceptions of the world in front of us can be a distortion and the refraction of the human lens can provide many facets of the truth.
