Landscapes into Ruin

I like the way the Ruin series is developing. Having an unplanned starting point where I have to develop the work intuitively is something that I have come to enjoy. In some ways I feel this series is more successful than the planned work that it’s derived from. Looking for ways to reference time and a sense of loss, I’ve been considering combining the images from this series with images of the original work, show them as diptychs. 

I also made a new discovery, orthographic projection. When I first started working on post-residency sand paintings, I made a decision to depict each landscape through six photos. The decision was instinctual. Being drawn to multiples of 3, I thought 3 views were not enough, but 6 would give the viewer a more accurate sense of the piece. Orthographic projection is a method for making a 2D representation of a 3D object. It includes 6 views: top, bottom, left side, right side, front, and rear. When photographing my work, I have starting using this method as I choose camera angles. This will give me a tangible guideline to use when pairing the images into diptychs.