Hydroscapes

(2020, archival giclee prints,12 x15 inches or smaller)

There are defining moments in our lives that can be seen as both a beginning and an ending. This series of photographs reflects upon passages through physical space where boundaries are blurred between where one space ends and another begins. Our perspective determines how a system and the surroundings will be defined and therefore influences how we discern the space. Precious hand-made palladium prints are immersed in water and made vulnerable as the two blend into one. Refraction, reflection and current transform the otherwise static two-dimensional image by creating an abstract barrier through which the viewer must negotiate in order to understand the image. This alteration of perception is similar to the way in which memories and experiences influence our frame of reference by obscuring the distinction between such things as past and present, inside and outside and entering and exiting. The resilience and transformation of the images in water mirrors the fragility and adaptability of life and how our experiences ripple through and shape our lives. This series utilizes different photographic processes involving a large format camera, 4x5 inch black and white film, a palladium print, a digital camera and an archival giclee print.