Photography
35mm Fine Art Photography
Photos taken on a Nikon FM2
Photography through visual Aids and Other Devices (2017 - Ongoing)
As someone with low vision I rely on a multitude of lenses to be able to see the world around me at a functional level. For a time I felt that this was an unusual experience, specific to me. However, after observing others I realized that people, regardless of ability, form modes of object-knowledge, or sensing and perceiving through entities separate from their bodies. I began experimenting with my monocular (a single lens device used to see long-distance) to see if I could document how I experience scale, proximity and clarity in visual forms. This resulted in an ongoing series in which I use various objects (my monocular, kaleidoscopes and even my monocular pointed at an electron microscope) to play with distance, framing, selection, and texture.
The top center image is a self portrait, taken with the help of a CCTV reader, which I use to read small font and printed materials.
Disposable Camera Practice
For over a decade I’ve compulsively carried a disposable camera around with me virtually everywhere I go. Initially, this was a way to engage my friends and document the minute, spontaneous, ephemeral moments of my life. Over time and with much consideration this ritual has become a means to pay homage to a mode of image-making and expression that is actively declining. To me, taking a photo (one of 24 - 36 exposures) that becomes a physical image directly mimics fallible human memory; damage can be done to cheap plastic camera-bodies, film can expire over time, or be incorrectly developed. This automatic process is important to me as a way to remember, and a way to engage my own modes of visual memory through revisitation and collection over time.
