Seven Plies

Wooden Sculptures made from Recycled Skateboards. 6 x 3.5 x 51.25 inches (15.25 x 8.9 x 130.175cm).

Accompanied by a sanding belt used during the construction of the pieces. Cut in half to be two pieces of 8 x 59 inches (20.32 x 149.85cm).

Installation views from the Libby Leshgold Gallery in Vancouver, BC.

Light Cube

Light cube constructed of wood, printed on backlit transparency film. 20 x 20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 x 50.8cm)

The light cube is a general exploration of the concept of light. Photography and light obviously go hand in hand, the word photography is derived from the Greek terms “photo"" (light) and “graphe”(drawing). The content of each image in some way relates to a way in which we encounter or use light in photography. The cube format was a way to present my photographs in an interesting way that forces the viewers to physically walk around and engage with the piece, rather than the typical stand and view on a wall.

Stoppers

Printed on Tyvek, 22 x 60 inches (50.8 x 152.4cm)

Stoppers, printed on Tyvek fire resistant paper. These images were systematically taken (same height, distance, same weather conditions, etc.) throughout downtown Vancouver, BC, and then stitched together in photoshop to achieve a seemingly undisrupted image. This project speaks to the ways in which governments and city officials try to control how cities are used and navigated and the types of methods they implement in order to do so. It’s an investigation into the counterculture of skateboarding and the constant battle between the skaters and the cops & cities governments.

Chemograms

The first two images are black and white developer painted on solarized color photographic paper, on 8 x 10 inches (20.32 x 25.4cm). The following four portraits are black are white developer used with black and white fiber photographic paper, printed on 16 x 20 inches (40.64 x 50.8cm)

Scanography

Photographs produced using a Epson flatbed scanner.

The Basic Vancouver Shoes

Printed on matte inkjet. 42 x 96 inches (106.68 x 243.84cm)

Street photographs taken in and around downtown Vancouver, BC. The images were taken while on walks, while at the skatepark, at malls, at parks, outside on the streets, and at school. Hundreds of images were filtered down to these selective images and then printed on a large matte inkjet print. This project looks at the small number of basic shoes worn and typically seen in Vancouver: running shoes, boots/ rain shoes, skateboarding shoes, and dress shoes- along with a few strange outliers. Shoes are a huge part of peoples identities and are often one of the first things people will judge others by. I was interested in what shoes say about an individual person as well as what shoes say about a larger collective public.