In reponse to an experimental project, I wrote this on Instagram:

“On the surface this may seem out of character for my art practice which most people think of as being based in analog photographic processes, but which I would describe as a skeptical analysis of my photographic training, ie the technical and cultural values such as what makes a valuable subject, what is ‘tasteful’ presentation, etc. I am using photography as a model of a values system, the learning of a discipline and the sorting out of what of that learning is an asset or a hindrance. I began learning photography at the moment just before the decline of analog, in the early ascendance of digital and it took me 10-15 years to figure things out.'‘

100 Word Artist Statement

I discovered contemporary art dialogue around the age 19/20. Lacking studio background, I worked together ideas from across the university into interactive improv performances which were immediate and left nearly zero documentation. In the mid 1990’s learning to produce a proper slide took me several years of evening classes and internships. Photography is a culture unto itself: commercial, fine art, wondrous technical labyrinths, philosophical implications about time, full of sexism, exploitation and mental calcification that would be embarrassing in any other serious medium. Since then I have been working down my list of complaints and fascinations grounded in the physical medium.