Monday, November 2, 2009
Little house in IA
Monday, October 26, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Back in Iowa
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Wandering Kansas
Again I am in KS with tons of extra time to kill! So I figured that I could just drive around and look for "new" Old houses to explore. I did find two decrepit buildings, but they lacked in interest compared to previous buildings.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Post Cards and Statements!
My original intention was to express an innate desire to capture my subjects as I had originally found them. To present my viewers with images depicting unknown individuals who had evoked my artistic curiosity by seizing both my attention and imagination during my travels.
However, after reviewing my images for the umpteenth time, it occurred to me that I wasn’t actually photographing these wonderful individuals solely for their unique character and mystery as I originally thought or believed. I was, in fact, documenting myself.
The formation of an identity is a life long process and it is through these fleeting moments with complete strangers that I am able to see more clearly the complexity of my own identity both culturally and artistically. The individuals who I had chosen to capture with my camera are those who, in one way or another, reflected elements of my own uncharted and developing self. For me they represent my undiluted curiosity of the world around me, a gambit of emotions often felt at once and a constantly developing perspective. I see myself in Passing Strangers
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Passing Strangers
I finally finally finally finished my artist statement for my show this November.
Why does it take me so long to write a few sentences about why I make the art I make??? I'm beginning to accept that words are not my creative medium. I can go on for ever talking/writing about the most random topics, but when it is time to focus on a subject my mind freezes up and all the wonderful ideas that came out so organically before is dammed up in some dark closet at that back of my mind! I envy those who talents lie with language.. i wish I could dance as gracefully with words as those around me do.
After a month of battling writers block with constant revisions I managed to finally find a focus and in the process was able to send everything in on time to the gallery director. :P
The show is titled Passing Strangers.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Small Town Texas
Great adventures happen only when the adventurer is ready to shed preconceived notions and run wild..
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
New beginnings
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Memphis, Texas
Friday, August 28, 2009
Kansas Adventure!
We picked up the Windtower base in Coleman, TX earlier this week and are traveling what feels like the longest possible route to IL. But I'm NOT complaining!!! The longer the route the more $$ I make. The best part of this project are the numerous abandoned farm houses I have been able to map along the way for future exploration!
In Kansas I was able to explore one of these houses! The house was erected near the state highway nestled behind a row of almost barren trees. I was able to easily crawl under a large metal gate at the corner of the property before proceeding through a yard overgrown with tall weeds and sticky plants. Sticky plants would be a good reason to NOT wear flip flops in rural Kansas.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Artist Statement
I finished and sent in my artist statement (see below) for The Center of Fine Art Photography International exhibit in Fort Collins, CO. I wish I could actually attend the reception. It would be fantastic to meet the other artists and explore the Center itself. Also to see Fort Collins. :P
No Child Left...
As a photographer I am drawn to exploring abandoned and dilapidated environments of rural America through the lens of my camera. The decaying conditions of these modern day ruins and the mystery surrounding the personal belongings that are often left behind by the previous occupants are, for me, both intriguing and fascinating clues. As I visually investigate and try to make sense of these unfamiliar dwellings from various angles, I can’t help but make a connection between the decay and abandonment that I am seeing around me with the fragile condition of our own human existence and the societies we have created. To me these forgotten structures are struggling to still exist against harsh elements, much like how we struggle to hold nostalgic values during modern times.