SOMA

In these images the body engages with my own manipulation of the wet collodion process. What could have been a pristine image of the sitter becomes a subversion of figurative photography. By manipulating the chemical skin of the collodion, I create a visual conversation between my mark making and the sitter’s own skin: it stretches, bends and contours. There is a tension and a sensuality in these photographs that feels familiar and mysterious at the same time.

The background is intentionally simple and dark, distilling the image into light, shadow and chemistry. The figures move in and out of the shadows without revealing their identity to the viewer. Occasionally, the chemistry overtakes the figure almost entirely while other photographs remind us of traditional figurative studies with just a hint of chemical manipulation. The body becomes secondary as the photograph reaches beyond  representation.