Artist
Statement
We all view the world in our walks of life
in a hurry while the world speeds by us in a flurry. We are bombarded
with sensory from every angle from the moment we wake until we sleep
and seldom get the time to notice the little things.
As a
photographer I believe in taking in my surroundings and pulling from
it the easily overlooked pieces of beauty seldom seen and often
overlooked. I submerge myself into my surroundings and let them
saturate my memories. Then I pick them apart and search for my
definition of fascination. Something there in the corner of my eye
that tried to elude notice must not escape. You see, the faster you
move the more fleeting an instant becomes and oh so much more arduous
to ensnare. In order to capture a moment in time you must be able to
capture something that does not want to be caught. Time halts for
nobody but the photographer that is mindfully ready and equipped with
a trap specifically designed to apprehend the moment as it passes at
the speed of light.
My
choice of subject for this project was sharp edges and corners. The
very idea that everything has an edge intrigues me. Most of these
edges are hard angled and abrupt when it comes to man made objects
but nature tends to have a more “natural” way of doing these
things. I focused on the lines that we as people draw with such stark
contrast when we create. It was no surprise to find that I was
overwhelmed with the amount of acute boundaries we put fourth in our
lives. As humans we learn to understand that all things end. We all
live with it and accept it as fact. We know it so well that we find
ourselves obsessed with the concept to the point of putting it into
everything we design. ...And why wouldn't we? It is, in the end, the
very same way we were designed.
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