Nazca

Through this pandemic the feeling of insecurity and instability has pervaded most waking moments for me. My time is split between being an artist and an ICU nurse entrenched within this crisis. My world has narrowed considerably and much of my energy has been focused on pandemic management. In my limited time away from the hospital my art has been a reprieve from the relentlessness of work within critical care. This in turn has changed the focus of my photography. I have moved away from the sublime landscapes of my past to focus more on the disconnected and disjointed landscape which evoke feelings of unease. These photographs represent a range of mountains and are recognizable as such, but the infinite quality of the images put us into a trance like state. The view is narrow, repetitive, and lacks context destabilizing the viewer’s experience and leading to uncertainty. There is no indication of size or magnitude in the images. Hand coating of the platinum palladium salts onto the paper and the long hours working within the darkroom gives me time to reflect on my feelings during the pandemic.