Unaffiliated Rite, 2024

These three pillars embody the process of found ritual. Each pillar is created as a sculptural object; working in conjunction with each other to consider the different aspects involved in what constitutes faith. The ritual was in the act of photographing. By creating an environment of repeated movement, returning each day to the studio without any immediate visual response photographically, I had to have faith that this process would not only yield visual results, but that I would gain something from the process metaphysically. The content of the pillars reflects the process itself, responding directly to the structure of each aspect of the ritual. Each pillar is devoted to a different aspect of this ritual, and each image responds to another within the pillar. I aimed to create photographs that I had never seen before, responding to the most basic aspect of my experience as a photographer, light.