BIO
I am a writer and photographer who lives in Syracuse New York and teaches writing at Syracuse University. My photographs slow down my overly active visual attention span: slowing down the connections between the literal and abstract. Lately I have been creating diptychs and triptycs and photo essays that allow these connections to grow.
Artist Statement
Most of my work focuses on built culture and infrastructure—much of it below or beyond our line of sight and much of it built for our cars. It is easy to ignore the most obvious elements of infrastructure—we are taught to—whether driving across the country or grabbing a gallon of milk. Our cars encourage us to look towards our destination, our future. The familiar passes beyond the obvious and is forgotten. Spaces no longer economically viable (the past) decay around us as new structures get built beside them.
I collect and edit; creating a narrative from connections I see suggested in the photographs. On the wall, the narrative develops as fiction as the photographs build off each other and through the cultural lens of the viewer.
The ambiguious titles of photo essays in the "Portfolios" section suggests the ambiguity of the narrative. Details and conflicts can suggest a narrative, but I think it is important that when we look at photographs we acknowledge this basic contradiction: the specific details that we recognize help us see the photograph, but any apparent meaning is created. I like working with this question: “What don’t I know?”.
All photos are available for purchase. Visit the contact page and send me an email.