​ My practice is about love of the ordinary and the interplay of multiple images.  While on a recent cruise to Hawaii, I photographed quiet nooks and crannies of the ship in early morning light.  Ropes, heavy nautical hardware, light fixtures, handrails, doors, blank walls, equipment - just the functional, mundane spaces and things that people usually walk right by without noticing - but are so interesting to me.  Photographing these spaces and places became my morning ritual on the cruise.  

The photo collage technique I use begins with a single photograph that is generally quite plain by itself.  

This photograph is then mirrored and multiplied to blossom into a new seamless image. 

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