This page is an on-going project reflecting my journeys to find and take pictures of places, objects, people and animals “Left Behind”. In this project, I attempt to give the viewer an overview of the location and then, with my images, magnify and illustrate the location in a way that gives reverence to the objects that are hidden, neglected, weathered or generally “left behind”.
Some of the picture are of cemeteries and the objects loved ones left on graves. In these pictures, I attempted to capture the new life that entered these objects once “left behind”.
Other pictures capture images of dilapidated buildings and farms, and objects left on the side of the road. Like the cemetery images, I attempt to capture the new life that enters these unwanted objects. Neglected and left behind objects prod a sense of curiosity and questioning- Why were these objects left here and what is the narrative of this object? Who touched it last? I found that these neglected objects and places were, ironically, full of tremendous life and history.
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This collection contains photos of objects left behind or neglected. I tried to capture objects that were unique in the way that they portrayed a narrative with their presence. I found that many of these photos captured a sense of nostalgia and history.
On a side note, I was quite surprised by the animals that happened to grace my photos with their presence. While shooting an abandoned barn in Petaluma, two huge buck deer waltzed into the photo. Similarly, while shooting another abandoned barn in Sonoma a whole family of peacocks strutted their stuff across the yard. Amazing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22423585@N02/sets/72157603621008547/
This collection contains images of cemeteries, graves and memorials. I focused on the objects left in or on these places in an attempt to capture the life, feeling and meaning represented in their presence. Whoever placed the objects in these places, placed them with care and intention. The intention is what gives these objects and photos a strong narrative. These objects make me question the story behind them, the person who placed them and the story of the departed. By photographing the objects, I hope to capture a visual narrative of life once lived.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22423585@N02/sets/72157603619540991/
These pictures chronicle a different side of “dorm life” at UC Berkeley. Building 21 lies just 50 feet away from a building filled with Berkeley Undergrads and a nearby retirement home. There is also a children’s summer camp and after school program that uses nearby facilities adjacent to building #21. The mix between the college students, retired citizens, young children and dilapidated building, which was once a dorm itself, creates images that are haunting in their depiction of a past life.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22423585@N02/sets/72157603619013141/
