Among The Horizon
Living in the Midwest, the flat and dull landscapes never caught my eye the way the stunning sunsets do. My fascination with the sky has become a major source of inspiration for my work. With a camera, I capture sunsets while embracing the unpredictability of the colors and shapes which makes every image unique from the previous. I then photograph aspects of the landscape such as trees, grass, and flowers. In an attempt to make the land as beautiful as the sky, I take the images and collage them digitally with my sunset photographs. This process led to the creation of my series, Among the Horizon. In this body of work, I further distort and manipulate the colors, lights, and shadows in the collaged photographs as if they were photos taken on another planet. The final results become imaginative landscapes that are otherworldly and strange, yet alluring.