Sometimes you need to know the rules in order to break them. Every day we are bombarded by shades of light and dark and hues of color. We take this for granted, the same way we take for granted the ability of the camera to perfectly and accurately record the subject in front of its lens. After some struggle with subject matter, some conversations, and a bit of experimentation, I decided to take an approach to this project that is more abstract than typical photographic work.

Rather than acting as the precise technician I have become over the last 10 years of using photography as my chosen medium for creating art, I focused more on chance, color, and the emotion created by the same material I use to create my art – glass. Glass is the subject matter of these photographs, but they are also about pushing the limits of what the lens on the camera can do, pushing in beyond the limits of where the lens can focus. The simple yet tough to light subject matter expresses something about our visual vocabulary - what meanings color evokes to the viewer. At the same time, the images take on a more emotional feel through the way the color dances across the print. This collection of prints is representative of the photographic palette of colors and how color, regardless of how sharply defined the subject matter may be, can bring forth an emotional response.