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Ghost Towns.  For me, photography has always been about accurately capturing a moment in time—documenting an

event, a person, a landscape.  However, photography can also be an invitation to see the world differently.  When the

photographer takes an unconventional approach, the viewer must must work a little harder to see the subject of the image

as well as the photographer’s intent.  

Rather than capturing a literal representation of the interiors and exteriors of the buildlings that make up the Bannack and

Bodie Ghost Towns, the images in this series attempt to capture multiple aspects of Bannack and Bodie.  Two realities are

represented—reflected exteriors of buildings mirrored in imperfect original window glass and indistinct interiors of the

rooms into which the camera is aimed.  Combining two views in one image is initially confusing.  The images appear to be

out of focus or double exposed mistakes.  However, on closer examination, the two aspects of the image can be discerned. 

Although the physical aspects of the towns remain, they exists as a populated place only in memory.  Memory, like an

abandoned town, degrades over time.  These images record Bannack and Bodie in their extended state of decay.