Reclamation
“Reclamation is the story of my becoming. This series is an explorative body of self portraits crafted to represent my journey as an artist. I created these images in the same year that I learned self respect. This is the visual representation of that journey. Reclamation is a declaration of who I am, who I was, and who I will become.”
-Ernesto
These "light paintings" as I call them are the brainchild of a desire to push the limits my equipment. I have always been enthralled with the technical aspect of what a camera can do, especially a digital one. Without oversimplifying things, we taught a rock to see. I think about that all the time as I work, and these are my experiment in what sensations that rock is capable of portraying. These are long exposures where I twisting the lens in and out of focus as if it were the paint brush and the light source was the canvas. All light paintings are created with a mirrorless camera and a state of flow.
Featured Image "Reclamation #2 (I Won't Go Back)"
Tarot
My Tarot deck is a series born of Samhain. It is my largest project to date and focuses on the beautiful people and places of my home state, North Carolina. They embody the Tarot as I see fit to become part of a full deck and complete series. Drawing inspiration from many decks and other sources, this series is a love letter to the people and places I have called home. It is my goal that this becomes the next iteration of the collective consciousness through intuition and collaboration.
RAIN
RAIN is the product of a decade perpetuated by fear of abandonment and longing. This series is both an expression of the human ethos and a desire to become myself. Rain is a distraction, an othering. It isolates subject under the cold sensation of getting caught out in the rain. A sensation familiar to us all. RAIN strips the subject of color and cloth alike creating a haunting representation of our most private and authentic selves.