The fullness of bloom lives in the moment. What was once alive leaves a remnant behind – an empty shell, a white bone, a withered stalk. Objects evoke the lives of the people who handled them. They come together in a landscape of memories arranged in the chiaroscuro of natural light. A reminder of life, a reminder of its completion.
I'm a city kid. I love the energy. I love the architecture. But I also love the places where nature creeps in, the places where people step out of the grid and claim a spot for themselves.
I love the way that the city begins to glow as the evening progresses. Colors warm and shop windows light up like jewel boxes. People unwind at the end of the day.
Using long exposures I capture the movement of figures against the solidity of their surroundings. Their ethereal presence and the dynamic blur of their movement animate what would otherwise be static images.
Water/Light
late spring morning.
lily pads just breaking the surface, not yet green.
sun shining through the bare trees
reflects on water the color of tea.
Inspired by Monet’s paintings, I began to photograph my own small lily pond in early Spring, exploring the interplay of sunlight, shadow and reflection with the water and emerging plants. This developed into an exploration of the seasonal cycle of the water plants and surrounding garden – the first blush of Spring and new leaves, the abundance and brilliant colors of Summer, and the changing colors and slow fading of Autumn. I became fascinated with the water itself. How the surface changes with the light and the time of day, from dark and opaque to shimmering with sunlight and reflective of the sky and changing weather, from still and glassy to full of the textures of movement. The Water/Light series has expanded to explore the nature of water in natural and built environments.
Lily Pond/Spring/1
Lily Pond/May/2
Lily pads/1
Lily Pond/After the Storm/1
Summer Reflections/1
Summer Reflection/3
In the Fall/1
In the Fall/2
Marsh/4
Coney Island/3
Russian Buffet
Tatiana
