Facade is a project that invites the viewer to see beyond the recognizable. The work uses architecture, the most universal illustration of form and structure, as a metaphor for isolation, rejection, and anxiety - methods of control. This project was born as a method to investigate the core concepts of a construct. I apply my own creative controls by restricting the lighting conditions, organizing the compositions, and editing out distractions. This process produces a group of austere images that speak to a foreboding sense of oppression. The familiar nature of place and space causes the viewer to accept the image as truth. However, when closely investigated, the images speak to complex ideas of authenticity and identity.

Typically, when I select a building I am looking for an overlooked edifice. This allows for more areas of interpretations or access points for the viewer. There are very few things that are monumental about these buildings, which is ideal. If the structure is too identifiable, that in itself becomes a distraction from the symbols that I am referencing.