PERSONA

THIS PLACE BEGAN WITHOUT INTENTION.

A DESK, A NOTEBOOK, A STREET I’VE WALKED TOO MANY TIMES. I WRITE TO UNDERSTAND WHY I KEEP RETURNING — TO CERTAIN CITIES, CERTAIN FACES, CERTAIN VERSIONS OF MYSELF.

I MOVE THROUGH THE WORLD WITH A CAMERA THE SAME WAY I MOVE THROUGH SENTENCES: SLOWLY, AWARE OF THE GAPS, DRAWN TO WHATEVER DRIFTS BEYOND THE USUAL FIELD OF ATTENTION. I PHOTOGRAPH WHAT LINGERS AT THE EDGES — THE ANONYMITY OF CROWDS, THE SOLITUDE OF LATE AFTERNOONS, THE QUIET GESTURES THAT TRY TO DISAPPEAR.

 

THERE IS NO THEME HERE, NO LESSON. ONLY THE SMALL MOVEMENTS OF A LIFE: THE MORNING TRAIN, THE WEIGHT OF A BOOK IN MY BACKPACK, THE SILENCE AFTER SOMEONE LEAVES, THE WAY LIGHT FALLS ON A PASSING SILHOUETTE.

 

THE IMAGES COME FIRST SOMETIMES; OTHER TIMES THE WORDS DO — NOTES, FRAGMENTS, MICRO ESSAYS SHAPED BY THE SAME STILLNESS. I TRY TO STAY CLOSE TO THE EVERYDAY, TO THE THINGS THAT PASS UNNOTICED, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE MEANING HIDES: IN THE SMALL THINGS THAT STAY WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE MOVES ON.

AS AN AMAZON ASSOCIATE I EARN FROM QUALIFYING PURCHASES.