Photo-Assemblage

Seeing is a dynamic activity. A traditional photograph captures a brief moment in time and place. The camera is still, focused on one particular spot, the shutter opens and closes in a fraction of a second. How we see however is vastly different. We glance about. We focus on minutiae at our feet, than scan the horizon. We watch the play of shadows on the land as clouds blow by overhead. We walk down a beach or down a forest path, collect shells, watch flocks of birds fly on the wind, see waves gather momentum, crest, break and withdraw. In my series of Photo-Assemblage I work to capture this elongated experience of seeing. I do not photograph only one moment in time, but rather a group of moments, selecting the most compelling details of place.