Expect Delays
In the familiar space of cities, construction zones are insistently visual. We detour around them with an occasional glance but what if we stopped to consider them on a visual level? When I point my camera at a row of rebar, my mind moves into a state of abstraction, almost a revery. What I am photographing are alignments of form and space.
Artists have a language for the relationships between the elements of a composition, words like balance, unity, rhythm and harmony. I carry this way of thinking with me everywhere and it shapes my daily experience in profound ways. If I can appreciate the balance in a stack of cinder blocks or find unity in a wire fence, I can extend this perspective to the wider world.
I'm open to the idea that visual thinking has value. When I look at an unfinished building or a partially demolished wall, I think about the way construction zones contain layers of time. Everything in them exists in a temporary state. These spaces are the forward momentum of cities made visible.
My digital collages are a way for me to represent that dynamism. I layer my photographs with scans of drawings, torn paper and paint. In these constructed scenes, I present an exuberant and expansive view of urban space.