Modernization, despite its many benefits, has rapidly detached us from thousands of years evolving symbiotically with our environments. Many in the developed world today believe the illusion that we have advanced beyond our need for wilderness, and have lost sight of our intrinsic participation in the ecosystems that sustain us. Many don’t identify as “outdoorsy,” and see nature as a destination for a weekend getaway. Yet we are all inherently intertwined in a web of interdependence. My intention is to illuminate the ancestral connection we share with the natural world that supports us. By immersing myself into the environment, working not as an extraneous observer but rather as an integral element in that environment, a tangible re-connection with the wild is felt– a language older than words; nothing spoken yet the transmission is profound. I feel that I’ve been successful as a photographer when I’m able to capture and convey fragments of this cosmic language in an image.
