Shadows

I saw a frightful shadow on the floor

And wondered if this thing was mine

Surely this frightful shape could not be mine

And then it moved and then I knew

That this frightful shape upon the floor was mine

So, join me and check out that shadow on your floor.  As a photographer I am always aware of shadows cast by what I am shooting - while a shadow has a shape it also changes as the light falling on it changes -and this sometimes creates shapes that seem alien to the image that is casting them. 

In this series of images - I have treated the image cast on the floor in sets of four panels -sort of like comic book panels each one relating to the next -as if they are telling a story. I leave it to the viewers imagination to supply the story -they are only my shadows but the story is your interpretation.

The Walls Have Eyes

When I am out with camera in hand, I walk with my eyes. I find walls covered with graphics and eyes that seem to be peering back at me.

This series of images are the walls with eyes. While I use my eyes to scan the wall graphics...the wall seems to be scrutinizing me. Their eyes stare out at the viewer through multiple layers of paint daring you to solve the puzzle they present. We all have heard the expression that eyes are the windows to the soul...and what do these walls see in all that pass by.

One Church

One South Church Street in Tucson, Arizona is one of the tallest buildings in downtown Tucson. You could say it is the only tall building in downtown Tucson. I have no real good explanation for the number of photos I have taken of it, except to say that every trip downtown I found this building dominating the horizon wherever I seemed to be. Therefore, it just became a photographic obsession.

The more I became aware of this seeming lonely structure - the more I would try to capture it photographically through reflections, inside other buildings or street view. The question is why did I do this? It is a way to train my eye to be aware of various things around me, and how they change as the perspective changes.  Simply put, it was another method of exploring shapes and lines and various spacial aspects.  We can all look at the landscape around us, but do we really see it?