Surface tension is a threshold. A space between two forces - the moment before, up against what follows. There is a distance we keep, sometimes as a means of protection, that separates us from something that we are actually a part of.

In general, my work considers humanity’s relationship with and othering of the natural world, with a focus on structures of cultivation, preservation, conservation and controlled interaction. For Submerge, I turn my lens toward the aquatic; aquariums, boats, shipping canals, and fish stores. Photographically, fish and underwater currents are dynamic and behave unpredictably. The complex beauty of the underwater world and its proximity are mirrored and highlighted by chaotically maximalist compositions with bright and bold splashes of color. 

The aquascape is alluring and curious on the other side of humanity’s threshold. However, the nature of this separation simultaneously encourages the destruction we are disinclined to halt. Ultimately nature is a process of adaptation and evolution, beyond crisis, calamity and infrastructure. The surface tension is an illusion, yet our complicity in its systems persists.