empty spaces
 
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I am inspired by the diaries of my great grandfather, who was the paymaster at a mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and who predates me by about a century. I never knew him, but I am fascinated by the differences - and similarities - of life from that age to the present.

I have discovered that I am drawn to photograph the spaces - mostly interiors - of the historic structures that surround me here in New England. I feel a "presence" when I am in these places - not in a spooky way, but in a mysterious and wonderful realization that life is a continuum. I am impressed with the textures of these spaces, and the way that light interacts with them.

My work reflects the profound emptiness of these spaces where life once was abundant.