Introduction
I came to this photographic project while circling a high desert bush. Walking its circumference, I marveled at its intricate architecture of twigs, its graceful dance, its ever-changing existence as the light and landscape shifted.
With a compass in pocket, I photograph to observe the subtle changes in orientation and perspective, texture and shadow, emotion and gesture. Some directional elements pull me more than others, others disorient; some are obvious, others barely perceptible. Each singular image is portrait-like, and when gathered together in these polyptychs, the images both anchor and disorient the viewer, inviting us to question our bearings.
