textured Travels
These are combinations of the photos from a destination wedding road trip along with trips around the country for my current photographic work with the non-profit, Hispanic Heritage Foundation. In each city that I visit I am drawn to the textures of the streets, the sidewalks, the walls, the doors, and any surface that has an almost natural pattern to it. I’m also drawn to the angles of the spaces that the buildings, the cranes, the bridges, and the signs take up as you look around. By pairing these angles with the patterns from each city I am able to create memories for my travels that didn’t exist before. This parallel existence between the two places causes me to see connections in my experiences that I didn’t even realize before.
The photos themselves create optical illusions through the replacement of negative space with positive space. Which is a technique I try to implement in everyday life. To be able to stop and flip a negative outcome into a positive one is a true skill to master. Staying positive when all the world looks bleak is the only way progress will be made. So, when problems are given a fresh look without any predetermined negative outcome that is when an opportunity to learn and grow happens. The positive outcome of this series is that I am continually searching the world for the places that are soon to exist.
Photos taken from trips from 2006-present all over the USA.
Composites created 2015-present
Printed on 11x14 Metallic Satin Photo Paper or on aluminum in sizes up to 20x30.
The photos themselves create optical illusions through the replacement of negative space with positive space. Which is a technique I try to implement in everyday life. To be able to stop and flip a negative outcome into a positive one is a true skill to master. Staying positive when all the world looks bleak is the only way progress will be made. So, when problems are given a fresh look without any predetermined negative outcome that is when an opportunity to learn and grow happens. The positive outcome of this series is that I am continually searching the world for the places that are soon to exist.
Photos taken from trips from 2006-present all over the USA.
Composites created 2015-present
Printed on 11x14 Metallic Satin Photo Paper or on aluminum in sizes up to 20x30.