Artist Statement:

Since I was eight years old, I have used a camera to quiet a world that contains too much visual stimulation for my racing brain. The lens gives me a distance from my environment, and acts as a filter to slow the intake of information so that I can capture what is before me. Once back in my studio, I am afforded the quiet space to consider the collected images.

With my third-grade camera and science fair experiments I found an affinity for the sensibility and aesthetic of the 19th century photographers. Now, with that continued inspiration I combine the materiality and optical quality of historic photographic process with contemporary materials and technology, creating quiet images of “in- between” spaces, the ones where we must be mindful to appreciate the subtle beauty that resides there. I photograph islands of solitude, the places with fewer fireworks but more daydreams, the quiet calm that allows the inner dialogue to be heard. During the progression from the darkroom to the computer, I recognized the importance of my tactile connection to the images, the meditation of working physically in concert with the materials, allowing the humanness of the hand to be seen. I create modern ways to explore the photograph as object, combining old and new to make works that have the elegance and artifacts found in the historic processes. 

Quadrat A: Investigation – Air from the Measuring Abundance series