Out of Habit

Out of Habit is a trace of an intuitive and phenomenological response to one’s immediate surroundings and is intended to break the habit of seeing. When the viewer is confronted with images that speak in a fluid, poetic language, they are encouraged to empathize and consider the aesthetic and emotional value of the subtle details encountered in the everyday. These details are acknowledged in the “decisive moment” when the photographer reflects and records what she is seeing through the camera’s viewfinder. Photography provides a palpable surface for the ephemeral experience of seeing, and, with the familiarity of the everyday, reveals multiple layers that accommodate the open-endedness of subjective interpretation. Through the activity of seeing, perceiving, and sequencing, the artist removes herself as an intermediary in order to communicate that the artist and viewer are equally important in the artistic practice.