Pictures of Another Present Era
Ongoing
"Music of Another Present Era," a groundbreaking transcultural jazz album by the band Oregon released in 1972, inspired the title for this body of work. This notion of “another present era,” a moment once present, now past, yet continuously present in the photograph is one of the most fascinating things about photography. I often return to places I have photographed and the scene is always changed, but the photograph remains. Fascination in a photograph involves what it doesn’t show, what you imagine to be outside the frame, before and after the exposure. This is not as a series about something specific, but rather a body of images that came from a sensibility of mindful exploring with a camera with no particular aim except to enter a place of deep seeing so as to picture semi-abstractions of the everyday sublime. Simply to be present, observe, and translate that into a compelling image that invites the imagination to wonder is my offering. May it be of benefit.
Images from this body of work have been included in several different series in the past, such as "The Floating Fire," and "The Activity of Openness."