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September/October 2001 Photo Expedition


This is the body of work produced during a photo trip around the West, mostly of figure studies. The trip spanned 4800 miles and 450 4x5 inch exposures through seven states. I made this trip traveling with a model, as the focus of the work was the figure in realtion to the landscape. A diary of the trip can be found Here. Please note that these scanned images can do no real justice to the print quality from a 4x5 negative.

I have always been fascinated by the juxtaposition of the human figure and the landscape. I believe that there are undeniable similarities, contrasts, and even the combining of the two for a greater whole. Sometimes the lines in the figure mirror that of a rock or a branch or a stream. Sometimes there is a daunting, even harsh contrast between the fragile human form and the raw ruggedness of nature. For me, it cumulates to the point that they are all one and the same—both made from dust—and will return to dust, and thus interconnected.


"Connection"


But the figure—while lifeless in and of itself—has that which is devoid in nature—Spirit. And while Spirit is not attached to the human figure, it is reflected in multifarious forms of beauty, and reveals to us, in contrast to the comparatively lifeless landscape, how much Life we embody.


"Reciprocated"


"The Ongoing Search for Truth"


"Brought in with the Tide"


"Form"


"Conjunction of Time"


"Against the Current"


"No Evil"


Click HERE for Page 2 of the 2001 Photo Expedition


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