Artist Statement (abbreviated) This series is a cathartic endeavor. It started when I became handicapped and I could no longer bathe my small children from outside of the tub so I got in the tub with them to make it easier. I started to photograph them in water. When I looked through the camera lens, I remembered the children I had photographed for teaching purposes when I was an Emergency Medicine Physician. Some of the children I had treated had just been born, some were sick and some even died on my watch. But now I had time to celebrate and mourn because I had stopped working. I branch out to photograph children other than my own. These images are about life, death, love, mourning, and celebration. My wish is for viewers to explore their own spiritual awareness as they take their time understanding the emotional and fluid nature and layers of the series: Immersed in Living Water
Artist Statement (abbreviated)
This series is a cathartic endeavor. It started when I became handicapped and I could no longer bathe my small children from outside of the tub so I got in the tub with them to make it easier. I started to photograph them in water. When I looked through the camera lens, I remembered the children I had photographed for teaching purposes when I was an Emergency Medicine Physician. Some of the children I had treated had just been born, some were sick and some even died on my watch. But now I had time to celebrate and mourn because I had stopped working. I branch out to photograph children other than my own. These images are about life, death, love, mourning, and celebration. My wish is for viewers to explore their own spiritual awareness as they take their time understanding the emotional and fluid nature and layers of the series: Immersed in Living Water