Natural Selection

Well, a problem has arisen with my latest project. The storm we had a week ago caused a tree to collapse onto the tree that was holding my camera. This tree that fell seems to be the only one in sight that fell. Why this one? Unlucky? I was planning on documenting the natural disintegration of the bison head, but nature decided not to allow this. Im not sure how to read this. Part of creating a body of work is trying to build with what is presented to you. So I feel that I should keep going no matter what happens to the series. The camera is busted, but i guess I could always get another one. The question is, is this project worth the time, effort and budget required to finish it?

Chrono-documentation

For a while I have been working on a series that i feel is grown much more than I expected. At first it was only still photography. Now it has moved to video and hopefully to instillation. The most recent incarnation of this series has been taking place in the woods. Since I didn’t want to bury the latest head I used for the series, I decided to put it under the tree to let nature take it back. Not only that, but I used a motion activated camera to document what or who ever comes by to investigate. Here are just a few images from the first week. I am hoping this will go on for a few months.

Deer


Red Tailed Hawk


Human


Here is the Image I got from the head before I placed it in the woods.



I also have a video I did of me burying the last buffalo head. I plan to use it in an instillation along with the images from the motion sensor camera.