State of Matter

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State of Matter is a visual philosophy. Ordinarily your mind divides its attention be your mind’s attention recycles familiar thoughts about familiar themes, which cau confronted with an unknown situation or image, it almost always denies it, or repl I invite you to discover the State of Matter that surround us. To see beyond the sur my photography allows you to notice and appreciate all the wonders and mysteri The images in this series were taken in Vietnam’s District 1 in a park named Tao Da like a park, a train station, or city street. I seek out subject matter that has been ov and has become commonplace. Tao Dan Park is one of Saigon’s biggest and oldest parks. Built during the French c within the heart of Saigon which is home to 7.4 million people. Its fascinating to v meet friends, or cut across as they rush to and from work. The park is populated w their appearance and structural soundness, yet like many things that survive and Everything is in a state of matter, and within matter is everything. The State of Mat and everyplace has the ability to change and be seen in a new way, a new image, image and be perceived in a new way, a new color, a new influence, so it is with w I hope you enjoy this series as much as I have creating them.


etween what it perceives, and what it is thinking about it. The rest of the time uses you to overlook most of what is happening around you. When your mind is laces what it doesn’t understand with something familiar.

rface and pay attention to the subconscious echoes that lie beneath. I hope that ies around you that you may not see.

an Park. Like many of my series I find visual power in the most common places verlooked, forgotten, or become uninteresting because it surrounds us everyday

colonial period the park has a feeling of serenity and nostalgia. Tao Dan Park, lies visit in the early morning and late afternoon when thousands of locals exercise, with a variety of sculptures. The natural forces of weather have had there effect on change over time, they have character and a story to tell.

tter is our ability to transition from one state to another. I believe that everything a new color, a new influence. Just as you and I have the ability to change our world and the things around us.


Mystic Women



I Think About Us



Silence



Introspection Man




I will face my fears


Strentgh & Pain




You’re On My Mind



Lost In Memories


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Moonstruck




I am, that I am



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