“DISTURBANCE” at the red brick center for the arts
A huge thank you to everyone that came out to The Red Brick for the Opening reception for my show “Disturbance”. What a beautiful evening surrounded by friends, new acquaintances, and amazingly talented resident artists. Beyond thankful to the Red Brick for this opportunity.
The photos will be up through February 23rd. All prints are for sale, reach out if anyone has any interest! 10% of all sales will be donated to Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.
And thanks Kelsey Brunner for taking this photo of me!
The balance of nature has been disturbed.
In Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, snow supports ecosystems, and at the core of it, life. The region doesn’t get much precipitation in the summer, so it highly depends on the snowmelt to feed the rivers, keep soils moist, and protect against wildfires. Colorado’s snowpack has declined in recent decades due to climate change, and with less snow to act as a frozen reservoir throughout the year, fighting the forest fires will be more difficult. The three largest wildfires in the state’s history burned in 2020, setting aflame nearly 700,000 acres. In the summer of 2021, the American West was considered to be experiencing the worst drought in modern history.
This project raises questions about the future of snow and its impact on drought and wildfires. By dividing it in three sections - Biophilia, Disturbance, and Water In The West - I explore human innate connection to the environment, and merge scenes of beauty and destruction as if they were a part of one continuous landscape, showing how everything in nature is connected. The triptychs depict imaginary landscapes created by our unsustainable relationship with the natural world. Additionally, I capture abstract photographs of familiar scenes in nature that are vulnerable to environmental changes. My goal is bring the issues closer to the viewer by creating a relationship between the concepts of weather and climate, while shooting exposures ranging from a milisecond to minutes at a time. A frozen moment of weather; a movement of climate. By exploring all phases that water goes through, I tell the story of the most basic element which is of critical importance to life. Because in the West, snow is water.
