There is a gap between what we see and what the camera sees—with my photographs, I want to make that gap as small as possible.
The camera sees only what is in front of it, an instant of time frozen for eternity. But we see how fast that car is moving, we spot our friend’s face in the crowd.
And we see more. That rock looks like a dolphin. Those trees look like they are chatting with each other.
For me, when a photograph captures exactly what I see, it has jumped the gap and become art.
I love order and symmetry, but even more than that, I love broken symmetry, disrupted order.
The even, velvet tones of the sky at sunset are lovely. But what really makes a sunset come alive are the random, never-repeated shapes of the clouds, catching fire in the light of the setting sun. A wall of windows has an orderly perfection; when one of those windows is open, disturbing the reflections, again, that to me is art.
And real people. The airbrushed pictures in magazines have a superficial beauty, but there is no charm in those plastic manikins. I want to capture the real beauty of people’s personalities, the fleeting gestures and emotions that cannot be airbrushed in.
Awards
- September, 2019: Art Folio 2020, Silver Prize in the Digital category
Shows & Exhibitions
- May, 2023: Art Bath, New York
- March, 2023: The Affordable Art Fair, New York
- December, 2018: LIGHT group show, ARTHOUSE.nyc, New York
- November, 2018: The Other Art Fair, New York
- March, 2017: CLiO Art Fair, New York
- September, 2014: Gracie Square Art Show, York