There were layers of solitude, layers of meaning, and layers of secrets obscured; the paper listened to the secrets so there was a little less weight. The imperfections of my memories and my fleeting dreams confused me. Were these just feelings from my past or was this reality? I always worry about forgetting the moment, but it was gone before I had the chance to imprint it to my memory. At first glance the images appear representational but then you notice it’s two disparate images colliding to form a new narrative.

The landscapes shifted and faded away, so quickly moved beyond. I told stories about what used to be; the monumental beauty that no longer had any bearing on what we see before us. The desolate land could no longer sustain life, ravaged beyond repair.

I take medium format film-based images, develop the film myself, make and print large format negatives, and finally hand coat platinum palladium emulsion onto paper in the darkroom and print the images on delicate but resilient handmade Japanese Gampi paper and platinum rag paper. The Gampi paper is incredibly thin but holds a luminous quality that gives the prints a subtle long-range tonality and depth. Platinum printing gives me the tone and complexity needed to adequately represent these haunting places.