I’ve found photography to be a way to slow down and see, and to allow seeing to become a deeper looking and witnessing. I'm especially fascinated by signs of constant change as time and nature influence a space over repeated visits. We’re gifted with a remarkable cascade of change in our Michigan seasons, and I love to take note in my present surroundings of the remnants of past or seeds of future seasons.

I’m also intrigued by the occasional experience of possibilities beyond looking, seeing, witnessing. Beyond the dualism of subject and object, I am intimately and inextricably part of the scene despite not being in the frame .. as are we all. Seeing this way can become a practice in opening to curiosity, dropping expectations and conventional patterns of thought, and re-discovering the joy of wonder and not-knowing.

Nature photography is also a gateway to deeper consideration of my own interconnected role in preservation of life, and I hope that it might inspire others as I have been. There is ample evidence of climate emergency, biodiversity degradation and destruction, and the forms of injustice that drive these, although in our society’s fragmented discourse, we’re distracted into seeing what we want to see. Slowing down in a quieter mode outdoors, we can feel a call to reflect about the world we were given in which to live our lives, and the world we will leave behind for all future generations.

I find that as moments change to memories, they become stories in themselves. As I revisit an image, sometimes days or weeks later, it mixes with memories and thoughts, and impressions form. If I take time to sit quietly with an image, words may arise and establish a connection with something new. Combined perhaps with something I've read, the image can take on meaning that wasn't evident in the moment of capture, transcending the specific place and time.

I hope you enjoy these images – they certainly have great meaning for me.