Art allows us to relate to others, ourselves and the world. I believe these relationships are truths, and art is the means through which we understand truth.

Photography as an art practice is unique. It is mechanically impossible to photograph something which doesn’t physically exist. On a basic level, light has to bounce off a real-world physical object and through a lens to hit some sort of digital sensor or chemical emulsion. Even an abstract photograph, such as one about 'truth', has to be of a physical real-world object. It is very easy for a photograph of some thing to be just an indexical photograph of that thing and nothing else. I can’t just go 'inward' and take a photograph of what I’m thinking or feeling. The challenge is to create a photograph and have it be more about the photograph itself rather than what the photograph is of. In this instance, I have photographed ordinary, rather unremarkable pieces of wood. They weren’t anything special; inert and dead detritus, something which was once alive but is no more. But the photographs are no longer about what was photographed. I hope these photographs offer you a space of beauty, quiet contemplation and a chance to engage with truth.

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On the Precipice of Exchange, 2021  

pigment prints  

1330 x 2000 mm

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