Exploration is the word that best describes my continuing study of photographic light drawings, a style in which I have been working for the past eight years. In this work I use my camera as a drawing tool. Through small gestural movements, I manipulate my camera to create compositions of linear networks which project a sense of light, energy and movement; there by forming patterns that invite a host of subjective interpretations. Through this technique I am able to fully expand upon my exploration of abstract form, color, movement and spatial relationships. Creating these images on film, without computer manipulation, is the innovative direction to which I take contemporary photography. By moving photography closer to painting, I enable photography to transcend its documentary function to make imaginative, subjective statements.
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