SUNSET STRATA
Over four years I shot over 50,000 images of sunsets at my favorite beach spot. A myriad of factors gave each one a signature chromatic spectrum. After scrolling through months of tiny frames, I separated the distinctly colored blocks from the other photos. Using thousands of sequential frames, I created maps of sunset strata, hoping to combine individual memories of cherished sunsets into one shared moment.
SHORT FILM ”SUNSET DRIFT” at SHELL BEACH
The film features sunsets photographed on Shell Beach from 2020 to 2024. Over 150 images were chosen creating the impression that the primary ‘Keystone” rock is traveling back across the horizon - made possible by the seasonal arc of the sunset during its annual cycle.
SUNSET DRIFT = 168 SUNSETS
Painstakingly culled from over 500 sunsets photographed generating over 60,000 frames. The primary requirement for the Sunset Drift film’s selected images is a consistent horizon line. Sorting through every frame to choose was a herculean task spanning over six months.
“NOW”
Rocks are essential pillars throughout the Intertidal Project, but this is especially true in SUNSET STRATA. Every dusk proffers a new hue, but high or low tides dictate the distance from “my” principal rock. The shots are always framed to include the rock, but the mercurial setting makes it look different every time. My Apple Watch displays the time when the sun will vanish down to the second, but capturing a meta-sunset of “NOW” at the final blink is a rare occurrence.
ONE DAY AT A TIME
It’s a gift when your work requires photographing the sunset over two hundred times. On exceptional nights spectacular color transformations unfurl from the faintest cyan and culminate in a blaze of orange. It’s nearly impossible to choose a favorite shot from one evening with eight hundred frames. Instead, I prefer a singular chromatic map of time that allows me to witness the entirety of the sun’s retreat.
EVERY DAY IS A PIXEL
After months of calculating the formula to craft a CHROMA piece, I whittled down each frame to just an inch. Like Pointillism, magnified sections of a CHROMA print expose seconds that almost fade to pixels when viewed as a whole. As the sunset image library expands in time, each day may transform into a singular pixel.
