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Threads of Time is a series of large-format, long-exposure photographs of trains symbolically stitching together the patchwork of the American landscape. Prolonged camera exposures transform the train into a singular blurred thread to emphasize the railroad’s intrinsic relationship with time and the need to cross vast terrain quickly. Growing up around trains in Ohio with my father and brother, this series also represents a connection with my past—one that I reflect on through observations of the American railroad.
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Trains of My Youth is a selection of photographs I took as a young person growing up in northeastern Ohio, rephotographed against the same landscape as it appears today, more than 30 years after the original in-laid photos were made. Some of the original photographs have a date stamp burned onto the film that I left in tact on the prints as a nostalgic reminder of how much, and how quickly, time has passed since that period in my life when I discovered my love for photography through watching trains.
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Chasing Trains in Cars examines roughly 30 years of road trips watching trains in different parts of America. Many of the pictures show locations along vague stretches of highway somewhere between mile markers, while others show evidence of civilization close by. All of them demonstrate a dependence on transportation as a means to shorten distance and accelerate time.