“Eternity†is an ongoing series about the small post-industrial city where I live, in its struggle to re define itself in a changing world. The title “Where Will You Spend Eternity?†derives from a roadside billboard on Route 28 South, which when I pulled over to take a picture seemed a valid consideration beyond the sphere of fundamentalist religion. The issue is how we can protect our culture, our society, our children, the air we breathe and the soil that feeds us so that they may sustain our own and future generations. Using metaphor, symbolism, and narrative, I seek to show aspects of the complexity drama, and poetry of this particular time and place, with a touch of irony and compassion.
I'm a fine art and documentary photographer who has lived and worked in Mexico, Europe and the United States. I work on several long term projects concurrently that explore themes of memory, identity, the state of the world and the places where I live. I have traveled extensively in Eastern Europe. In 2006 and 2008 I was invited to participate in international conference and exhibition titled "IN TRANSITION: Cultural Identities in the Age of Transnational and Transcultural Flux" about refugee displacement. The first took place in Limassol, Cyprus, the second in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
