People are not obvious in the photographs, but they still inhabit and bring life to the pictures by driving through them, pausing in front of the camera, or by turning on their house lights. I think of my images like a movie still or a stage set - a place where a drama is about to unfold. I am particularly intrigued by the drama of the ordinary. Familiar places transcend their ordinary context and for a short-lived moment, become something else. Moments, colors, and lights otherwise unseen by our eyes are brought to us through the magic of the timed exposure.
Film can record the variable energies associated with the movement of light.
Color relationships occurring at dusk or the dynamic structure of a space may be my initial reason to photograph a place. I seek out the turbulent within the familiar, the unsettled within the comfortable. A house, backyard, or porch otherwise unnoticed can become theatrical and animated during nighttime illumination. I am attracted to the objects people place in and around their homes, the stuff they collect during their journey through life.