DESCRIPTION
My series By a Thread considers the uncertainty of transition, deconstructing the feelings that arise in response to rules and change as experienced during the pandemic. It reflects on our need for order in the midst of disorder and how we feel as we navigate these conflicting impulses. Though moths are oft-maligned insects, I see the beauty of their transformation and innate attraction to liberation. After such a length of time, we now with some trepidation begin to look outward,, readying to leave the haven of a cocooned world behind, drawn instinctively toward the light that seems just within reach.
By a Thread strives to express a shared experience through visual metaphors. Semi-transparent moths delicately dangle with little to no anchor in the frame—a gesture towards the insecurity of our own relationship with the future. Taut artificial threads delineate rules and safety orders. Haphazard strings intersect, disrupting the certainty of our path and signifying discord. Silk threads suggest a natural arrhythmia that complicates our impulse to reach the light. Yet, as with the luminescence of the moths’ wings against the backdrop of negative space, we have within ourselves the capacity to move forward into places of community and connection.
AUTHOR
"My images express what my words cannot; with my camera, I explore the ways that the most common experiences connect everyone, even when they relate to the most unique or personal incidents."
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021-2022 6th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2021 Dusk To Dawn, Don't Take Pictures, Online
2021 Melancholia, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2020 From a Seed.... A World of Botanicals, New York Center of Photographic Arts, New York, US, Online
2020 Growth, 1854 Media & British Journal of Photography in collaboration with Galerie Huit Arles, OpenWalls Arles, Arles Contemporain Festival in place of Rencontres d’Arles (cancelled due to Covid) France
2020 The 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, Foto Nostrum, Barcelona,
2020 The 14th Pollux Awards, Foto Nostrum, Barcelona
2020 The Fence - Regional Showcase, United Photo Industries, Exposure Festival, Calgary, Canada
Awards
2022 Honourable Mention, So Far I Just Can't See (single), Still Life, International Color Awards
2022 Honourable Mention, Bare Essentials (series), Fine Art, Annual Photo Awards
2022 Honourable Mention, Longing, Professional, Fine Art, Monochrome Awards
2021 Honourable Mention, So Far I Just Can't See, Professional, Nature/Other (single image), ND Awards
