Honorable Mention
From their project Chimera of the Post-Anthropocene
“Chimera of the Post-Anthropocene” my current series, explores objects that are assembled from nature but not of it. The photographic tableaus are based on specific biomes, envisioning dramatic and unpredictable futures of flora and fungi. These characters are lit and photographed on a stage inspired by natural history museum dioramas. Each image is a single, in-camera exposure.
My intention is to address the viewer’s sense of wonder and offer an experience of the macro and micro worlds that are often unseen or forgotten. These spaces are central to our understanding the natural world, and its ability to remake itself in times of great stress. The images contain the hope of a future of nature that embraces both the sadness of what is passing and a celebration of what will come.
Chapters of this ecosystem story have been created in the fire scorched High Sierras of Yosemite, the sub-Alpine forests of Banff, Estero Bay in Central California and the Bay of Banderas, in coastal Mexico. Upcoming residency at the Sitka Center for Arty and Ecology will focus on Cascade Head, the estuary formed by the confluence of the Salmon River in Oregon and the Pacific.
