Light and Landscape
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What is Ordinary?
Ordinary–the dictionary definition is: with no special or distinguishing features; normal; uninteresting; commonplace. As photographers we often spend our lives seeking to make images that are extraordinary. Either in or out of the studio we are trying to make a picture that captures the more than ordinary. As a landscape photographer, I’ve traveled to places […]
Materiality
I began thinking about issues of materiality last year when preparing for the final Glacial Narratives exhibition. It was vital to the foundation of the artworks that I was creating to draw inspiration not only from the imagery of Greenland and the Arctic ice, but also from the materiality of the lived experience of the […]
Locality
A sense of place is an important aspect of photography for me. It was the driving force behind my work in the high Arctic — what does it mean to reside in a place of extremes? Because there is a big difference between what you experience through visiting a location, and how you learn it […]
Five Months Here
We are now in August. This is the sixth month since I returned to US. What is it like? Strange. Both my country of origin and myself have changed in the years I’ve been on Svalbard. I don’t feel like I’m part of this culture, and there are many parts of what this culture has […]