The work for Boundaries began shortly after the birth of my first son and spanned from 2008-2010.
These photographs explore the idea of boundaries real and implied and highlight particular behaviors that grow out of confinement. For the first three years of his life I photographed my son Martin resting, eating, playing, and in each of these 20 black and white photographs he is the main subject. Here he is many things — complacent, frustrated, curious, empowered, captive. The boundaries that surround Martin in these images vary from real - a crib, a highchair, a fence — to symbolic — darkness. He studies his surroundings and exercises his powers within these borders, and stands on the verge of discovery, the very edge of escape. Martin it seems is not just Martin in these pictures, but everyman struggling to to explore his place, understand his role, and perhaps to discover if the grass is greener on the other side.