FLORA

My link to the environment shapes my existence and identity. As part of a Forest Service family, I moved from one US National Forest Station to the next, during my childhood. Regardless of geographical location, the forest became my constant, my home, and my place. Immersing myself nature where there are no people to analyze, critique, categorize or judge. I am the forest…I feel safe there.

I visualize the ephemeral trace of my contact with the environment around me through ethical foraging, photographic materials and sunlight. The sun is the trigger for both photo sensitivity and photosynthesis which I use to create images. The resulting aura-like impressions on 4x5 film make visible the intangibility of my connection to place. Each of the images in the series represent a point of contact and when strung together the images form a history, a narrative of interaction.