we, the people, are the languid conjoined lovers, 2009 photograph, archival pigment print on Luster
mother's eye, future and past grief, repeat. 2009 photograph, archival pigment print on Luster 24"x40"
plunging fingers in the film of night, 2009 photograph, archival pigment print on Luster 27"x40"
perennial gatekeeper of marble and concrete, 2008 pigment print on Somerset 23"x35"
Intoxicating sovereignty (jerusalem Fall afternoon) 2008 photograph, archival pigment print on Luster 40"x60"
Artist Statement
One of the oldest cities in the world, Jerusalem has always been infused with fracture and duplicity, which carry on to this day in the city’s fabric and leaders. As reverent home to three of the world’s major religions, Jerusalem embodies Foucault’s idea of a heterotopia — an impossible space where parallel contradictory layers exist.
Using reflective surfaces in my constructs, it is often unclear whether an image is the thing itself or its reflection. I avoid the traditional horizon, and the compositions can become purposefully disorienting. A photographic image can be thought of as a belief system in itself, and as such, I hope to create a structure infused with doubt.
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