Beta
Polaroids
4x5
Ribbons
Postcards
France
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Beta
My imagination runs ever so wild, keeping me up at night with potential story characters and sidetracked during the day with moments of their interaction. I frequently take walks to find locations where my imaginary movie cameras suddenly turn on and I am cast in the leading role of my introspective film. Inspiration for stories originate from anywhere. Beta is a series of photographs inspired by actual dreams. These scenes raced across my mind as short films, highlighting my sleep and interrupting my mornings. I often woke to sudden gasps of reality to wash away the subconscious compositions. The ideas were translated onto paper, and then into physical sets and locations.
My background in theater and stage performance was the organic element needed for each image. Once all of the location variables were locked into place, I was freed to live inside a story and respond to my created setting. The circumstances defined what took place, while my actions in front of the camera defined how. Lighting and post-production were used to enhance the sensation of fiction by replicating the look and ambiance of cinema and stage.
In this series, every photograph is an entire event’s culmination. The Beta images are orphaned from their larger story and by creating them, I give them a chance to become the starting point for future fiction in the viewer’s imagination.
In the end, I am a storyteller...
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