"Stories about places are makeshift things. They are composed with the world‘s debris." (Michel de Certeau)
All of my photographic work deals with strange and momentary scenes within makeshift landscapes. Whether it is following the journey of pilgrims in the high Andes of Peru, walking alleys and sidewalks of the West Oakland neighborhood, spelunking down a subterranean urban river, or noticing the burrowing of rabbits in a landfill, I am curious to see how the relationship between human and natural interaction can create improvised environments. There is a temporal and fleeting nature to these environments, sometimes hinting at the sublime.
