THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE SEE & WHAT WE ARE AWARE OF.

The INTERTIDAL PROJECT studies how memory forms when a person is impacted by a place.
The unforgettable experience leaves an imprint upon them both.
Each ensuing encounter etches a line of memory into a map of time like geological strata.
Growing conscious of the depth of these memories can reveal the unfolding of time.


NEW RELEASE!

THE TIDAL BLOCK FILM

SEE WHY IT TOOK FOUR YEARS
TO MAKE ONE PICTURE!



TIDAL BLOCK


HOW CAN I SEE ALL OF THE TIDAL LEVELS AT ONCE?

The first time I visited Wild Moor Point white water crested the tallest rocks. The second time the water was all but gone. Taking one landscape photograph wasn’t compelling but the drastic expanse in the tidal levels was. The question arose, how can I express the magnitude of tidal change here all at once? It took 2 years to find the answer and another 2 years to create the Tidal Block picture. Finally, my efforts unveiled a singular day that could never exist allowing me to see the cumulative memories of tidal strata simultaneously.


TIDAL STRATA


EVEN WATER NEEDS A MAP

I returned to Wild Moor Point forty times over the next four years to manifest The Tidal Block picture. The frames of tidal levels mapped the imprinted memories between the rocks, waves, and me. Fascinated with the accumulation of time I crafted the Tidal Block Strata picture to relay the depth of our experience together. From the highest crashing water to the hidden subtidal rocks, I could see the tides inhale and exhale with every day we’d shared.


SAND IMPRINT


YOU SEE THE RIPPLE NOT THE STONE

I documented lapping waves on beaches while the ocean etched new imprints into the stones changing landscape. Rocks echoed their neighbor’s curves, but each touted its own memorable pattern. The water sketched them with unique strokes building a masterpiece of its own while I honored their harmonious collaboration leaving my footprint signature behind.


SPLASH IMPRINT


THE WATER ETCHES A MAP

While religiously photographing the same stretch of coastline, years of observation taught me how the water painstakingly carves rocks by the force it inflicts upon them. I documented fierce splashes on massive cliffs but eventually one surpassed all others where each booming arc of white water left another line mapping it’s path on the 100’ rocky plinth. Nestled in the one “safe” spot I too left my own imprint of awe and reverence.

THE INTERTIDAL PROJECT FILM

WALK INTO THE MAKING OF THE PROJECT & ITS EVOLUTION


SUNSET STRATA


ONE SUNSET IS NEVER ENOUGH

Over four years I shot over 50,000 images of sunsets at my favorite beach spot. Depending on a myriad of factors each one had a signature chromatic spectrum. By scrolling through months of tiny frames I could separate the distinctly colored blocks from the other photos. Using thousands of sequential frames, I created maps of sunset strata hoping to cull everyone’s individual memories of cherished sunsets into one shared moment.


TWILIGHT MEMORY


THE MOMENT OF DESCENT

The sunset and the tides are the universal constants in life. Realizing this, I photographed the sunsets nightly in the same location minutes before it vanished beneath the horizon. The sun burned an imprint into each Polaroid marking its descent. After amassing hundreds of them I built color fields to convey our shared awe and unconditional surrender to nature’s unflinching pattern of time..


INK TRACES


MEMORY IS MORE INDELIBLE THAN INK

Writing about the expanding bond between the place and me was an organic evolution. But an ordinary journal would not allow us to write together. Multiple attempts led to vellum sheets as I proceeded to scrawl ink strewn pages mapping our encounters. I washed them in the water letting my thoughts go while the ocean left its own signature in reply.


SHADOW TRACES


WHY IS SHE FOLLOWING ME?

“Be Careful!” is a constant caution from friends and I genuinely do my best to heed it. However, once the landscape became a part of me unvisited locations called my name like sirens across rocky divides. My incessant question remained, “Can I get out there?” My omnipresent shadow followed me perched on unreachable cliffs leaving ghost traces in my wake. Eventually I took her picture to map coveted spots leaving our imprint behind like breadcrumbs for our return..


MAP ECHOES


TRACING THE STRINGS OF MEMORY

My love of string maps grew from watching crime-based movies and TV shows in my childhood. I was fascinated by the pure display of information proving too large for a sheet of paper. Upon deciding to recapture my desired locations I finally had a reason to craft my own. My current eight-foot string map tracks all return visits to twenty locations and now I cannot imagine Intertidal without it.


THE SUM OF THE PARTS


When the scope of Intertidal far exceeded my expectations, I felt compelled to craft a string map breaking down the entire project. Finally, version seven encompassed the spectrum and depth of the work. The interconnection between the pillars and components crystalized into a coherent vision. The Project Elements - Imprints, Map Echoes, Tidal Block, Sunset Strata, Twilight and Traces – embody the thematic cornerstones of Intertidal - MEMORY, IMPRINT, MAPPING and STRATA. Intertwining they all circumnavigate in harmony like the moon’s cycle around the earth instigating the tides.