Entry Title: " the artificial network"
Name: Aaron Hawks, United States
Category: Non-Professional, Other_FA


Entry Description: The Artificial Network
With this series of images I am attempting to explain the desire to chase an innocent dream that is necessary to wake from.The addiction to a compulsion that creates a complicated artificial network can trap us in a never ending maze. It is within the compulsive dream we should dare to wake up and see if it is in fact real or just a means of escaping reality.

I picked up the camera in 1987 and never put it down. The camera and photography have been the main focus in my life for over 20 years now. Whether people see the results or if its published is not something I have control of but doesn't stop me from continuously pursuing the next image. From documentary to studio staged installations, I try to embrace every aspect of photography. Mostly I live my life in the alternative world, with artists and exhibitionists, watching the struggle with their differences in society that help to reflect my own complications. Without this visual expression I would be lost on the bottom levels of the Titanic. I find a great deal of information and expression with this medium that I am grateful for.