Real Spaces

“Real Spaces”, reimagines the interstices of domestic and urban spaces with nods to the history of photography. Contrasting photographic imposters with contrived images, this series consists of models that portray similar subjects explored by renowned photographers such as Gordon Matta-Clark, Lee Friedlander and Robert Adams. The task of building a model to emulate an existing image, and then photographing it becomes absurdly humorous, as it attempts to mock reality. Juxtaposed to these doppelgängers are artificial pictures, structured to emulate my own drawings. By contrasting replicas of previously photographed places with concocted ones, I’m subverting attention and unraveling truths. The fantastical and the conventional blend, making the ordinary, extraordinary. New York has been an inspiration for this body of work. The city’s boundless architecture and manifold man-made spaces, along with the constant flow of construction, demolition and rebuilding, sparked my investigation into the tyranny of the urban enclosure. These photographs examine the dynamics of space, property, and the illusion of environmental possession and permanence. Deconstructing my perception of ownership, inspired me to recreate specific places in time, in order to make them my own. These imitations specifically facilitate a narrative of reconstruction. In replicating the world around me I’m trying to unravel man's folly in his constructed surroundings.