fine art photography

SEGUE

At the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, I began traveling east. There was always more east of where I stood, so I continued—across the United States, across three oceans and twenty-seven countries—eventually returning full circle to the Hawaiian Islands.

I resisted the isolation and disorder generated by conflicting narratives surrounding a global viral contagion. The world felt as though it had slipped into the pages of apocalyptic fiction. In pursuit of freedom from lockdowns and mandates, I moved outward—into open landscapes and liminal spaces. As people fell ill and died, populations endured confinement, governments faltered, children lost years of education, and time quietly aged us all.

This body of work reflects the profound gift of returning to independent, unrestricted movement and thought. It does not speculate on what might have been; it follows the reality of what occurred. The photographs trace a global journey during a moment of collective rupture—places emptied of human presence, landscapes bearing silent witness to a world in suspension.

Formally, the project is structured as seven horizontal strips 7” high by 140” long each, echoing the sequential logic of analog film. Within each strip, the images are organized by hue, creating a chromatic progression that links disparate geographies into a continuous visual passage—movement measured not by borders or distance, but by light, color, and time.