Imogen Gallery

240 11th St, Astoria, Oregon

This two-person exhibition pairs my sculptural photographs with wet-plate photographs by Michael Hanson in a joint paean to the lower Columbia River Estuary. My place-based series, Enfolded, employs layering, sculpting, and re-photographing to emulate the sheltering concavity of riparian hollows, wetland, and woodland. The work draws on deep ecology and phenomenology to respond to the enveloping plenitude and multiplicity of the more-than-human world. At the same time, the diaphanous quality of the images speaks to impermanence and the fragile balance of vital ecosystems.

On view: October 10-November 9

Thursday-Monday, 11-5pm, Sunday 11-4. Closed Tuesday & Wednesday.