The sociology and psychology of the middle-class is revealed in my work through the way the people construct their spaces; when the camera interjects, what is not shown becomes the subject of my photographs. The Absence of Presence focuses on the absence of the people who dwell in the spaces, as well as their presence through the psychological and sociological details that resonate through the ambiguous darkness. I hope the viewer can gain a sense of a “portrait” of the dwellings and their owners through my work, even when half of the unidentifiable “subject” is removed.
The composite panoramas fracture and reconstruct the spaces, allowing the viewer to see the space in a way that is fabricated. Photography’s transformative abilities allow the work to be both believable and slightly unreal. Also, the transformation of the mundane into something aesthetically beautiful and balanced is important and personal, since the spaces are connected to myself and my background. I believe that the opposing dualities in Absence of Presence allow the work to be compelling and important.