In my work—for example in my Woven Portraits, Winter Solstice Pinhole Photographs, and Attempts at resolution series—months and, often, years pass between initial steps and final results. During these stretches of time I execute heaps of pre-planned work and dialed-in, meticulous process. And the results’ perspectives often speak in formal tones, from a third-person perspective.
Naturally, I enjoy working in this way and plan to continue doing so; the dialed-in, meticulous process and the advance planning-out of research, photoshoots, materials handling, logistics, etc—that’s all very me, and I’ll likely never change. However, I feel my practice has been a bit unbalanced in some ways, as I am also pulled towards making more spontaneous, informal, and open-ended images that perhaps speak from a first-person position.
So here it is, a new project: Notes on the Visible. Here I’m going to post photographs (strongly leaning analogue) and probably also some sketches that provide ballast (at least for me) to the other side. I think it will exist as more of a score than a catalogue, and it should not be overly explained. Please follow along (here as well as on Instagram), sit back, and listen.