This is a series focused on creating a deeper connection with landscape photography.
Perhaps nothing is more important in a photograph than creating a sense of intimacy. The Red Chair Project is an attempt to do just that. The chair’s story is one of childhood memories, loss and redemption. The chair is one generationally passed down and was in my bedroom growing up as a young boy. It was a visual touchpoint of my youth. As an adult, I left the chair behind only to believe for years that it had been lost in the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Years after, I discovered that while the chair had sat in flood waters for days, it hadn’t been lost or destroyed. Upon its recovery, I knew instantly I wanted to incorporate it prominently into my photography.
My objective with this series is to give the viewer a conduit to connect to the scene both in scale and in emotion. For me personally, the chair is a self portrait - allowing an introverted photographer to feel better connected to scenes bereft of people. The chair is my way of giving focus to things forgotten or forlorn, to things where beauty exists but are often overlooked.
