Wire House
Image from my series Set My Watch against the City Clock. The photos in the series reflect the process of exploring the house as object and idea. A house provides shelter but also a sense of home. Houses appear in dreams and serve as metaphors for the human soul. Owning one is an important life goal; losing it can be catastrophic.
After photographing buildings in various states of use all over the United States and abroad for several years, I began to re-evaluate how humans create, destroy, and remember built space. As the most basic of such spaces, structures that "house" people share visual and functional elements.
I took those familiar features out of context by making miniature houses (mostly) from paper and placing them in different exterior and interior environments. They are out of scale and out of place, creating a tension between object and location that is meant to trigger thoughts on place and belonging. Viewers are invited to let the photos remind them of real or imagined places they know.
After photographing buildings in various states of use all over the United States and abroad for several years, I began to re-evaluate how humans create, destroy, and remember built space. As the most basic of such spaces, structures that "house" people share visual and functional elements.
I took those familiar features out of context by making miniature houses (mostly) from paper and placing them in different exterior and interior environments. They are out of scale and out of place, creating a tension between object and location that is meant to trigger thoughts on place and belonging. Viewers are invited to let the photos remind them of real or imagined places they know.
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