Stones and Relics

My photographs 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. Ancient civilizations universally used stones in their dwellings for structural and religious reasons. I am interested in the relationship of ruins to their current surroundings compared to the knowledge of their ancient state. 

Many of the symbolic shapes, pictographic languages, and mythological concepts that continually emerge as touchstones in my work have had symbolic value since prehistory and continue to retain their power.

Today, many ancient ruins and relics are deteriorating or have been destroyed due to the confluence of climate change, expanding resource extraction and war. I hope my photographs inspire reflection and connection to the ways humans have always been interwoven with the natural world, reminding us to embrace our environment and honor its influence on the way we live.