Slowing down to a pedestrian pace cultivates a more heightened awareness of the world around me. Daily walks to photograph have resulted in this series entitled “Occupied”. I search out details and the unexpected in ordinary, human scaled landscapes, to reveal visual elements that expose new meaning about the landscape. I am drawn to repetition constructed by human hands, (obsessions, habits), found text,
and juxtapositions that reveal new understandings about our relationship to the environment. The patience that is often required of us as we go about our daily lives creates cycles that root us, and these are conflated as I photograph. I often find humor where others merely were getting the job done.