Adapting Clarity

The human experience of sight is different for every person, not only determined by the body's physical capacity but also the mind's personal lens.  Through personal trials with a vision-altering medical condition, my assumption that sight is the same for all changed; I concluded it is quite distinctive.  Persistent Migraine Aura filled my visual field with aberrations of snow, lights, afterimages, and pixelation.  In the beginning, I was challenged to see past the negative effects of my condition.  Through time, my body and mind acclimated and settled into a new "permanent" reality.  As I explored this world of polarizing sight, I discovered my own unique vision through photography.

Through Adapting Clarity, I explore the individuality of sight and perception, capturing everyday landscapes through experimental, in-camera processes and handmade lenses, creating halation through lens applications and intentional blur through motion and soft focus.  To add another textural dimension, I present the series on Japanese Washi paper.  Through this fabricated sight experience, the work allows for personal interpretation of this disorienting world and questioning the reality of what is seen, as I did countless times in the beginning stages of my condition.