My photographs are inherently exploitative, a mélange of traditional and contemporary techniques based on the transformational principles of pictorialism. In this way my images bridge the chasm between personal expression and collective observation, melding the shifting social and cultural attitudes of today. Beginning with a single image captured from everyday landscapes, I fashion gateways through which the collateral damage inherent in multiple manipulated images from varying sources speaks to our growing fascination with abstract certainties. Once combined, positioned and mined for expansive possibilities, I put forth the intrinsic value of manufactured and real where the imagination fosters a strong and lasting sense of connection to the volatility of an atmosphere otherwise indefinable. I tell both simple and complex narratives that are at once available but unreliable, destined to reflect the instability of opinion and experience.
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