IN THE QUIET CYCLES OF THE FULL MOON, I REDISCOVERED PHOTOGRAPHY IN ITS MOST ELEMENTAL FORM. WITHOUT A CAMERA OR TRADITIONAL LENS—USING ONLY MOONLIGHT AND PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER—EACH IMAGE EMERGED AS A DIRECT IMPRINT OF THE NIGHT.

THIS EXPLORATION INTO THE ESSENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY STRIPPED AWAY EXPECTATIONS, RESULTING IN IMAGES FREE FROM SUBJECT OR NARRATIVE. THEY EXIST AS VISCERAL ABSTRACTIONS, SHAPED ONLY BY THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF LIGHT.

THE IMAGES ARE BOTH INVITING AND ELUSIVE, DRAWING VIEWERS INTO A SPACE WHERE THE ABSENCE OF RECOGNIZABLE FORMS BECOMES A MEDITATION ON SOMETHING LARGER: THE RAW, UNMEDIATED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIGHT AND MATTER.

BY EMBRACING UNCERTAINTY AND RELINQUISHING CONTROL, I AIMED TO DISTILL PHOTOGRAPHY TO ITS CORE—A PHYSICAL IMPRINT OF THE UNIVERSE, MINIMALLY INFLUENCED BY HUMAN INTERVENTION BUT DEEPLY TIED TO A SHARED HUMAN EXPERIENCE. NOCTURNAL LIGHT INVITES VIEWERS TO ENGAGE WITH THIS DUALITY, TO EMBRACE THE BEAUTY AND CHALLENGE OF LETTING GO, AND TO SEE THE WORLD ANEW THROUGH THE SIMPLE, ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE OF LIGHT.