Artist Statement

Mile Marker 181

I approach 21st cen­tury pho­tog­ra­phy with the sen­si­bil­ity and aes­thetic of a 19th cen­tury pho­tog­ra­pher. By employ­ing the best char­ac­ter­is­tics of both eras, I cre­ate anachro­nis­tic images of “in-between” spaces. Just as the ear­li­est pho­tog­ra­phers, the prac­ti­tion­ers of daguerreo­type and tintype, I treat metal plates by hand, prepar­ing each to receive its own unique pho­to­graph. I cap­i­tal­ize on the smooth sur­face of steel, a finely tex­tured under paint­ing, and the translu­cent qual­i­ties of dig­i­tal pig­ments to cre­ate each lumi­nous piece. My images are metaphors for the “in-between” places in our lives. The ones where we must be mind­ful to appre­ci­ate the sub­tle beauty and rich­ness that qui­etly resides there.