I frequently use trash and unwanted materials in my work as a reaction to consumer culture, and have a fascination with things that are discarded and left behind.  In my photography, this has led me to work with long-expired film and paper.  Through experimentation, I've developed methods to successfully work with film and paper as old as the 1950's.  I often put the film in cheap toy cameras from a similar era that I've found at yard sales, or been given.  For cameras with discontinued film formats, I re-roll other film onto the spools intended for the camera.  It's taken some experimentation to get reliably workable results, but it brings me immense pleasure to be able to make art from these beautiful materials that otherwise would have survived all these years only to end up in the trash.

​The majority of these photos are taken at lonely and forgotten places, including abandoned buildings and Superfund Sties.  Process and concept are united in a tiny stand against disposability, and embrace the passing of time.