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River

I've always worked with mining the territory in between drawing and photography. I have over the years repeatedly worked with the idea of the viewer changing their perception the closer they get to my images. From a distance some works seems like one thing, but as you get closer the visual codes change to black ink-like Sumi gestures and barren burned out trees. This duality of line and photographic subject is one of the mysterious things photography can achieve which (for me) no other art form can match. 

With the River Series I returned to the documentary tradition but added my own twist to it. In this series, the photographic document can also be read as type of drawing when viewed from a distance, yet up close a record of another infinite system that is at our feet whenever we stand at the river’s edge.

These pictures are of reflections. Portals into a reversed other world, a kind of fractured looking glass. You can experience these works as an environmental message, a kind of photographic drawing or just meditations on a meandering river. Many symbols revealed themselves on the River: Birds and winged reflections comfort us but a few also hint at our burned forests and poisoned waters. The camera for me is my way to explore all this and more. The diptych format I used works both as a nod to religious altar paintings and a record of time to show how the river is infinitely changing moment to moment.

My photography process is an act of mediation through deep and extended attention and has evolved over time into capturing or rendering different Infinite Systems (starting with the Infinities) that exists right in front of us. I am trying to understand and present the world in its totality. If only we had the means to observe the world as it truly exists.  Think of how differently we would treat each other and our planet …

River #1
River #1
Detail of River #1
Detail of River #1
Germany Press Release (2 pages)
Germany Press Release (2 pages)
Full Paris Press Release / 7 pages / Free Download
Full Paris Press Release / 7 pages / Free Download
First Floor Instalation of River Series
First Floor Instalation of River Series
River Diptych #7 (For Hokusai)
River Diptych #7 (For Hokusai)
Left Panel River Diptych #7 (For Hokusai)
Left Panel River Diptych #7 (For Hokusai)
Right Panel River Diptych #7 (For Hokusai)
Right Panel River Diptych #7 (For Hokusai)
Detail
Detail
River Diptych #12
River Diptych #12
Detail River Diptych #12
Detail River Diptych #12
Detail
Detail
Interior Study in Blue
Interior Study in Blue
First Floor Instalation of River Series
First Floor Instalation of River Series
River Triptych #1 (For Sesshū Tōyō) Frame Study
River Triptych #1 (For Sesshū Tōyō) Frame Study
Left Panel River Triptych #1
Left Panel River Triptych #1
Middle Panel River Triptych #1
Middle Panel River Triptych #1
Right Panel River Triptych #1
Right Panel River Triptych #1
Detail
Detail
First Floor Instalation of River Series
First Floor Instalation of River Series
River #12 ( for Soulages)
River #12 ( for Soulages)
River Diptych #1
River Diptych #1
Detail
Detail
First Floor Instalation of River Series
First Floor Instalation of River Series
River Diptych #9
River Diptych #9
River Diptych #11
River Diptych #11
River Diptych #6 (For Hokusai)
River Diptych #6 (For Hokusai)
Detail
Detail
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First Floor Instalation of River Series
First Floor Instalation of River Series
River Diptych #5
River Diptych #5
Detail
Detail
River Diptych #4
River Diptych #4
Detail
Detail
Cover for the Catalog
Cover for the Catalog
River Diptych #8  (For Hokusai)
River Diptych #8 (For Hokusai)
Detail
Detail
2nd Floor Instalation of River Series
2nd Floor Instalation of River Series
River #9
River #9
River #15
River #15
Study for River Diptych
Study for River Diptych
Study for River Diptych Left
Study for River Diptych Left
Study for River Diptych Right
Study for River Diptych Right
Detail
Detail
River Diptych #3
River Diptych #3
Detail
Detail
River #14
River #14
River Diptych #2
River Diptych #2
River #16
River #16
River #3
River #3
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