North Bend Red Triangle
201448" x 29.22"Archival pigment print
The green, lush, mossy forests of North Bend, WA are abruptly interrupted by a 6-foot, red-felt-clad foamcore triangle, positioned exactly parallel to the camera plane, visually compressing the image and alluding to the innately flat nature of photography.
An Exercise in Formal Composition
This series, An Exercise in Formal Composition, presents nearly identical compositions in different methods of execution, playing with photography’s in-camera ability to flatten, layer, and replicate. Each iteration is constructed around a different slightly off-balance right triangle (A: 34.992° / B: 55.008° / C: 90°). Unlike circles or rectangles or even equilateral triangles, which can naturally occur or are staples of architecture, this specific triangular shape is easily recognized as being a deliberate artistic intervention in each given situation.