The perceived gap between our minds and time can be problematic. Some of the discomfort caused by that gap can be somewhat satisfied with a photograph. We have the ability, with our cameras, to capture a moment in time. Within that picture and within that moment, we have the chance to bridge the perceived gap and comprehend how that moment does not exclude anything or anyone. Within that 1/65th of a second, everyone and everything are related. Nothing or no one is excluded. Nothing could be excluded from that moment, and nothing could overlap or occupy the same space. Isn't that fantastic!!

As for this photography project based on the Los Angeles River, the images captured give us a few extra layers to contemplate time and our connection with everything and everyone. We may choose to examine the layer containing the alluvium; the debris washed up against other objects by the river's moving water at full force. We may consider the seasons and the changes in the water levels. We may look deeper into the contents of the alluvium and how and why those objects wound up at the river bottom.

At this point, my work is focused primarily on the photographs that give us the opportunity to study those frozen moments, bridge that gap, and leave with more questions than we arrived with.