About This Series:
This is my first foray into my Markmaking series. I shot the images in the summer of 2005 while I was in England. I had visited London's tourist spots on my previous visit, and for this trip, I was going to record why I fell in love with the place.
I had purchased my first digital SLR camera before leaving for the UK. The trip was going to give me a chance to figure out why everyone was saying digital cameras were going to be the death of traditional color photography. When I returned home, I calculated I had shot over 800 images in 7 days. I then knew why digital photography would eventually kill the color darkroom.
As I started editing my hoards of digital files, I wasn't sure how I was going to present the images. For the most part, a single image wasn't conveying the fantastic experiences I had while I was shooting. I wanted everyone to understand why England is so beautiful. During that time, I was studying the Dada artists and the idea of photomontage cut through my artist's block (it's just like writer's block). I finally knew how to present this series--multiplicity and juxtaposition.
This process revealed two amazing things to me: first, human-made marks and lines within the images wanted to connect with other images; second, when the photos combined, they created a new, fictional image that was more complex and challenging than the originals. It was the marks I focused on when shooting and seemed the logical title for the series.
These images are how I saw England, and how I see most things; they are fractured pieces that connect and make something even more exciting than apparent facts.
I love imagination. I'm lucky. My parents never squashed mine. (It doesn't hurt that my father is an artist.)
Locked-Up Bicycle; Pigment print, 9.2 x 18 inches; © 2005
No Prostitute Motorcrossing; Pigment print, 8.4 x 18 inches; © 2005
Post No Bills; Pigment print, 18 x 8.5 inches; © 2005
Shok1ing! Boy; Pigment print, 12 x 17.4 inches; © 2005
Fishmonger Barbershop; Pigment print, 9 x 18 inches; © 2005
Good Things to Eat; Pigment print, 15.6 x 12 inches; © 2005
The Three Faces; Pigment print, 12 x 18 inches; © 2005
Spitalfields Half House; Pigment print, 5.5 x 18 inches; © 2005
Tube Man; Pigment print, 12 x 15.8 inches; © 2005
Trafic Reflections; Pigment print, 8.3 x 18 inches; © 2005
Cloud Watching; Pigment print, 18 x 6 inches; © 2005
The Three Crosses; Pigment print, 6.8 x 18 inches; © 2005
Bulls Butchers Bathroom; Pigment print, 6 x 18 inches; © 2005
Luke B. Massive +++; Pigment print, 18 x 9.1 inches; © 2005
Stereo Controlled Pearry Place; Pigment print, 6.2 x 18 inches; © 2005
Fishtail Bobber;Pigment print, 5.4 x 18 inches; © 2005
Counsel Flats; Pigment print, 18 x 9.1 inches; © 2005
Doorways; Pigment print, 6.9 x 18 inches; © 2005
Kissing Bobbies; Pigment print, 11.1 x 18 inches; © 2005
Roll-up Doors; Pigment print, 6.3 x 18 inches; © 2005
