Flâneuse

My photographic practice embodies the concept of the flâneur. I seek out new but strangely familiar places and experiences, and this quietly adventurous mood informs the work. I am drawn to the narrative possibilities of photography and I use analogue equipment to explore and amplify the individual moments, unassuming objects, and unlikely places I visit. While photographing within a mostly digital culture, I want my images to take up actual space and provide a sense of scale for the subjects they portray. The images become souvenirs of the places I visit, and my quiet presence and occasional participation in each scene imply an aesthetic and emotional investment in the process. In what follows I will discuss how I employ methods of the flâneur while photographing to create visual narratives and how the photographs become souvenirs of my experiences. (See more in text.)