LIBERTINE
Within the accepted bounds of photography one is taught never to place the horizon in the centre of an image. We are taught to work to thirds, a long established guideline for a visually pleasing image. However, I like the stark manner in which the centrefold breaks the picture into two. It offers a clear divide and focus. It seeks its own pleasure and imposes no preconceived notions on the viewer. There is sense of space, of nothingness and of a canvas left empty enough for one to find their own meaning.
HYPERSILENCE
A funny thing happens when you sit at a beach for a long time. You become numb to the crashing waves. Sounds blend into a mash of white noise. Colours and events blur and average out, and within all of this there is silence, both mentally and aurally.
The long exposures of this series mirror this experience. The colours are whitewashed, much like their corresponding sounds. A visual silence is achieved. The dramatic tones of reality are muted and what is left are subtle variations, as if seeing life through tracing paper. The beach is vast and empty, yet so full of emotion.
By keeping the shutter open for up to three hours, a median between dramatic sunlight and cloudy periods is captured.