The process in which light passes through a lens at a hundredth of a second in order to make contact with light sensitive film, to then be doused in various chemicals to reveal an image that will then be reflected onto light sensitive photo paper, doused in various chemicals to finally reveal an image, is commonly known as photography. Although it may be time-consuming, frustrating, and costly, photography is my passion, my art, the universal language. We are able to communicate with foreigners around the world via photographs, and we are able to allow people to feel, and understand concepts that could be explained with words.
Photography, to me, is an outlet, a form art that allows me to capture my point of view, figuratively, as well as literally. I do photography to evoke pathos in those who I share my art with. As a young photographer living a middle class life in the United States
My photography focuses mostly on the universal search for comfort; whether it is found in submerging oneself, confiding in others, embracing the Earth, or finding comfort in simplicity. This concept is personal to me because I myself continue to search for comfort in different aspects of life. To a viewer, I feel that they are easily able to make a connection with my pieces and allow emotion to emerge from the photographs. The reason why I submerge my subjects in liquids is symbolic to the embryonic fluid found in the womb, the most comfortable place known to mankind. The varied sizing of my photographs does not directly correlate with the significance of the amount of pathos that can be extracted. The sizing is varied to symbolize the variation in finding comfort, how each situation is different from another. I chose black and white film because the art of printing in a darkroom is where I find comfort.
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