Present in Absence

Nature appears to perform as fire and light to move through tree and park scenes, turning the natural world into a stage and the camera into the audience. The viewer is invited to step beyond the print surface, into the dense black throughout the images, into a place of emptiness.

The light performer is not seen in the images; instead, we see their path left behind; their presence is experienced, despite their absence. This implied performance, allowing a viewer to envision and reflect on the work’s creation.  The use of fire becomes integral, as it has the power to destroy and thus negate. It dually represents light and the potential for absence. The ambiguity of what is present and absence in these dark scenes raise questions of where one might stand among nothingness.