Impossible Diamonds
When I was young, I wanted nothing more than to fit in. Eager to please, I coloured within the lines. For my brother, conformity was for the birds. I wanted him to be normal like me; he wanted me to be normal like him. However, our differences dissolved in the natural world, a transcendent place where everyone can be themselves.
During this tumultuous time, I am overwhelmed by my desire to escape back into the imaginary world of my youth. Searching for what seemed like impossible joy, I rediscovered a box of my father's old scientific teaching props: prisms, mirrors, lasers, as well as old journals and postcards. Using these optical elements as a portal, I spent the second year of the pandemic trying to make something magical happen in my own backyard.
This project is a sensory trip into the natural world, offering mystery, magic, and healing. My process allows me to see places I know by heart through a new lens. Letting go of the notion of trying to please everybody, I use optical elements in conjunction with my traditional camera to create non-traditional photographs. In doing so, I question the camera's relationship to one’s objective reality by creating images that reveal the hidden places of my inner world. Impossible Diamonds challenges the notion of normalcy, both in a photographic image and in our strange times.
Another Dimension, 2021
Dawn, 2021
Woods Rainbow, 2021
Blades, 2021
Little Fires, 2021
Prism, 2021
Aries, 2021
Looking Glass, 2021
Enjoying the Scenery, 2021
Staghorn Sumac, 2021
Sweetness, 2021
Vestibule, 2021
Weightless, 2021
Home Soon, 2021
Dream, 2021
Dream Sequel, 2021
Here to There, 2021
Morning Halo, Night Halo, 2021