Linking with the past 4_20_11

As I work with Cindy Blair on a redesign of my web site, I am amazed at how many different strands there are in my work, and yet how everything overlaps as from the same source.

I have taken a holiday from the sea; its light and atmospheric qualities. Yet the same reverence I experience in witnessing the moods of the coast, I find in this very personal exploration of ruins and forgotten places.

The images contained in this entry taken during a three-day period last week, are freshly discovered old friends…mills and remnants of present day civilization. There is a sense of timelessness in the continued deterioration and in the weathering; a presence in what lies behind or beneath. What remains is in witnessing the story each has to tell, when one stops to consider. 

In photographing in these places, I am drawn first to the subject, then to graphic qualities, textures and light.

My approach is of reverence and respect; the clearer I feel my relationship is with these feelings, the better my subject is represented in the image. There is a point of understanding when it is appropriate to move closer, and when to stand back and bear witness...