Art allows us to relate to others, ourselves and the world. I believe these relationships are truth, and art is the means through which we understand truth. With photography, it is mechanically impossible to photograph something that doesn’t physically exist. Light has to bounce around, possibly off a real-world physical object and possibly through a lens and hit some sort of digital sensor or chemical emulsion. Even an abstract photograph has to be of something from the real world. The challenge is to create a photograph that is about the photograph itself, rather than what the photograph is of.
For this series I have photographed ordinary, unremarkable, pieces of wood. They weren’t anything special; inert and dead detritus, something that was once alive but no more. The photographs are not about what was photographed; instead, I hope they offer you a space of beauty, quiet contemplation and a chance to engage with truth.
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Breaking Bread (2022)