On the breath of a forest, 2014-ongoing

*Images printed as archival pigment prints mounted on wood panels or as dye sublimation prints on aluminum, 7x9” panels, grid dimensions variable.

On the breath of a forest is a photo installation based on a wooded region in rural New York. To create this work, homemade pinhole cameras were distributed throughout the trees in a forest where they were left outside for the entire summer to be weathered by the natural elements. They were rained on, heated by the sun, blown by the wind, and embedded with bugs, leaves, spider webs, and dirt. Here, I am not so much interested in the single perfect exposure as much as how the results work together to capture the pulse of a place – the rhythm of the sun rising and setting, the textures, palette, and the physical remnants found within this unique ecosystem. In the resulting work, random lines move across the composition like veins or air passages, drawing parallels to the human body and portraying the forest as a living creature.