Photography 1976 - 2019

My photographic project has involved seeking out perceptual fields and locations in which I engage with what can be readily seen and intuited. My intent has been to work in a way that is rigorously documentary, extracting stories and reportage directly from the fabric of everyday life. I’ve intended at the same time to question the lazy and distancing habit within documentary practice to objectify by class. To that end, I’ve gone out of my way to photograph haves and have-nots. I’ve paid particular attention to finance and politics, where so much raw power resides and collects, and I’ve been led along the way to complement these still projects with moving image works that also explore this territory.

Within my carefully chosen photographic subjects, I’ve sought to explore some of the ambiguities of the still image, thinking of each as an encapsulation of time: a summary of what seems to be true in the apparent present represented by each image, as well as a hint of what might have been that led up to that moment. I’ve also sought to imply something about the still’s immediate aftermath and the more distant future in which an image itself is inevitably relocated, i.e. what may be yet to come that could shift its reading.