The Weight of Smallness.
"We always seem to want to feel and look big. We build skyscrapers so high you wouldn’t have thought possible, practically touching the clouds. In crowded rooms, we shout to be heard. Modern living today is almost too easy; almost everything is designed to serve us. We are the protagonists of our own digital and physical 'bubbles.'
I’m looking for the opposite.
When I step into the wild, I’m looking for the Great Indifference. Nature doesn't care about your plans, your ego, or your Instagram aesthetic. There is nothing wrong with feeling small in the face of a mountain range or an ancient forest. Or realising you cannot control the weather, the terrain, or the wildlife, shifting from being a 'customer' of the world to being just another organism within a massive, complex system. That’s what I’m looking for, because in reality, that’s who we all are.
I’m looking for the weight of our own smallness.
The Scale of the Wild
There is a profound relief in being insignificant. When I frame a climber against a massive, rock face, or a walker on the edge of a fog-filled valley, the goal isn't just to show the landscape, it’s to show the relationship between the fleeting and the eternal.
The rock has been there for millions of years; the climber is there for a second. That contrast creates a "weight" in the image that you can’t get from a close-up.
Perspective Over Ego
In some of my geometry images are often tight and controlled. But in some of my landscape work, I want the frame to breathe. By pulling back and letting the landscape dominate, I’m inviting the viewer to feel that same shift in perspective.
It’s a reminder that we are just small parts of a much larger, much older pulse. It’s not about losing importance; it’s about finding our place within the scale of something vast.
The Stillness in the Scale
A tiny figure in a large frame creates a specific kind of stillness. It forces the eye to wander through the textures of the stone and the mood of the sky before finally settling on the human element. It turns a "sports photo" into a "meditation."
I don't just want to capture a person in nature; I want to capture the feeling of nature swallowing us whole, and how beautiful that surrender can be.
