Thinking About Photography

Anchored in a deep connection to the landscape and fascination with the photo-based object, my work investigates how observing Nature informs contemplation, perception, and identity. My process involves daily walks to connect with the landscape. I distill the gleaned information into sketches which I then translate into photographic image-objects in the darkroom.

Using light, wet plate collodion chemistry, paper cut-outs, cliché verre, and brushes, I create experimental camera-less compositions through multiple exposures that allude to landscapes, light and atmospheric phenomena, and organic forms found in nature. Rather than transcribing the observed landscape, I seek to record intuitive responses that speak to the felt and ineffable experiences of being fully present in the landscape–to a sense of wonder, awe, and permeating immanence, while simultaneously meditating on loss, hope, and meaning.