Timescapes

Photographic Series

2008 – 2011 (ongoing)

Timescapes is a recent body of work that uses photography (and video) to document the transformation of landscapes over long periods of time.  The specific settings and subjects explore the complex relationship between the artifacts of industrial civilization found or placed within natural settings over the span of a year or longer.  Using long time frames across the seasons, I observe and document the contrast between the organic natural processes of growth and decay with the strict geometric forms of our technological infrastructure.  Experiencing these artifacts within the context of a landscape or nature becomes a metaphor for the individual’s relationship with the natural world.  The use of symmetry and rhythmic patterns evoke symbolic sacred art from various cultures and time periods, inducing a meditative state to promote metaphysical contemplation about the viewer’s own relationship to time, nature and mortality.  The viewer also bears witness to the slow but inevitable change to the casual peripheral landscapes of daily life.

The two video/photographic installations Monitor and Wastewater Runoff Pipe are also part of this body of work, but stand as separate projects.