{ ALL LIGHT IS ANCIENT LIGHT }
I started this series by unhappy accident. After the unexpected death of the love of my life, I felt as if I was falling through space without a parachute. At the same time an urge arose to communicate these feelings of disorientation. So I started creating photographs that could mirror the overwhelming sense of nothing being as it seems.
Starting from this state of ambiguity and confusion, I am drawn to the idea of obfuscation. In having a lack of a clearly discernable narrative in these images I am denying an easy resolution, instead urging the viewer to find their own.
I am careful to keep these images from veering into sentimentality or nostalgia. My aim is not to romanticize tales of loss but instead to somewhat destabilize or disorient, and keep the meaning a little out of reach.
This work is coming from a place of my trying to understand the world and ground myself, while also expressing the lack of clarity and bewilderment.
This series is a starting point and will be ongoing.
