Attention (2022)
I am interested in the markings and boundaries that people make when they call our attention to a site of repair or maintenance work. These sculptural compositions are often at the periphery of our attention, both deliberate and hasty. Made in 2022, this book grew out of a practice I began in 2003, as a way to move through my post-MFA depression. Exhausted from a time of high production, I wanted to slow down and document how I take in the world, noticing what I notice. This has grown into an ongoing practice of photographing sites of care, repair, and maintenance work.
Bodies of Water (2022)
Snow piles form around the edges of human activities. These sculptural bodies of frozen water become encrusted with asphalt bits, coated with particulate exhaust, and record our relationships with natural and built environments. Always having lived in snowy climates, shoveling snow has been a regular part of my life. The full-bodied exhaustion it produces is like no other, and informs how I see these forms. Documenting snow piles has become more sporadic and dramatic as climate change produces more inconsistent weather patterns, complicating my love for these grotesque forms.
Bodies of Water 2 (2022)
A second volume, exploring the frozen forms that emerge from freezing, thawing, scraping, melting, and freezing again. Melting produces rivers and pools, marking the pavement, and flowing back into the spaces from which the snow was removed.
Shore Line (2022)
This settler-made shoreline is the boundary between San Francisco and the Bay along a stretch of land between Fort Mason and Crissy Field. Carefully laid stone, layers of repairs, and lichen meet kelp, rockweed, algae, and waves. As I move down the shore line, riprap emerges from the water, interrupting the boundary with rubble from razed buildings.