Transient Forms
Smoke is inherently ephemeral.
It has no fixed shape, yet for a brief moment it can form lines,
volumes, gestures and structures of remarkable complexity
before disappearing
Working in near darkness, I use flash to freeze these fleeting formations, watching and waiting for moments when the smoke creates a shape or relationship that catches my attention. Each photograph records a configuration that existed for only an instant and could never be precisely repeated.
The resulting images sit somewhere between photography and abstraction. The smoke is less a subject than a medium, a way of drawing with movement, light and space.
This work reflects a broader aspect of my photographic practice: looking closely at the world and recognising forms and moments that might otherwise go unnoticed. What interests me is not simply what is in front of the camera, but the moment when something within the frame becomes worth seeing.
