Info: These large‐scale color prints were created using consumer‐level flatbed scanners that I modified for portability to create contemplative portraits of nature and assorted everyday objects that literally blur the line between document and abstraction. Most of the images contain sharp moments of lenticular detail, as well as digital marks caused by light leaks and the general “misuse” of the imaging hardware (the images are made by pressing the scanner‐camera directly on the object/surface, usually outdoors). The details show a hint of the familiar, while the digital artifacts act as a reminder that our mediated experiences are becoming increasingly digital: portable and viewed on monitors of various sizes and stored in a code that is infinitely modifiable. These formal contradictions symbolize the tension and indefinite space between old and new media, intention and chance, and the natural world that exists at the periphery.

Backyard Topographic III

After Sir John Herschel

Backyard Topographic VI

Backyard Topographic II

Delta Junction, Alaska

Install view, Cultural Arts Center (Columbus, OH)

Install view, 40 AU Gallery (Nashville, TN)