Stone People

Stone people build on my interest in symbolic forms, from petroglyphs to ancient menhirs and stone circles, to dwellings of ancient civilizations. Each culture develops a mythology with which to understand its environment. Stones are sacred symbols of cohesion and stability with a life-giving potency. In many ancient myths, as well as some scientific theories, life originates from stones. 

I have photographed ancient ruins from different cultures, including Anasazi, Mayan, Aztec, Greek and Roman. I often merge elements from these disparate cultures into a single symbolic image, a “stone person”.  My crafted ”stone people” suggest a harmonious and stable global community. Sadly, racial and ethnic injustice still presides in our world, perhaps even more now than in the past.

These images are printed large to emphasize the symbolic strength and unity of “stone people”.