Basic Ingredients Of A Complex World

"Not too long ago one took it on faith that the final scientific picture of the world would be beautiful, orderly and simple. As it has continued to be sketched in, we have had a number of surprises. The beauty is there, but not of the expected kind."

—C. P. Snow

The title of this series is derived from a chapter in a 1963 Time/Life publication, Matter. This inaugural title of the Life Science Library Series and was written by Ralph Eugene Lapp, a renowned Manhattan Project physicist. C. P. Snow, a noted scientist who served as a consultant for the book, was concerned with the effect of science on culture. Snow argued that the general public deserved to engage with science on the same level that they consumed literature. Using a variety of process–based techniques, this series is a play on the photograph as document, drawing attention to the medium’s connection to language.

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Dead Bulb (Chandelier), Pigmented inkjet print, 2012




Utah Teapot, Laser engraving on glass, 2013




Stanford Bunny (x 2), Chromogenic color print, 2012




Shattered, Laser engraving on glass, 2013