The "Stairs to Nowhere (Now Here, Know Where)" were built in the summer of 2020 (during the pandemic) on our family homestead in Lincoln Park, NJ. The work is created from repurposed pallet wood originally used to support oxygen canisters used in medical facilities through the pandemic. The stairs lead into the steep forest ravine behind the property which looks out across the valley and Great Piece Meadows below. Neighborhood children prompted the construction after the previous pathway turned into a mudslide. Since that time many birds, woodland creatures and neighborhood pets could be seen using the steps along with the children and curious guests. The photograph is made from a similar homemade process, developed on premises from a large format negative made with antiquated equipment.
The Cedars of Lebanon is a photograph from the original homestead of Fredrick Law Olmstead on Staten Island, NYC. At some point I became abservant of the "cedars" in culture and thier presence in literature, the humanities, and the arts at large. So I took pilgrimages and saught specific sites of representation and found these in relative obscurity in plain site.
Hammer is an installation and photogrpah that was made during a time when all tools and found objects were being contemplated in my practice.
Conceptually the same. Ask me.