Still in Motion

From where I sat, the pandemic lockdown in 2020 made time itself seem to stretch and flatten in a strange way. Tense, repetitive days and long nights piled up unexpectedly into many weeks. Stuck in one place for what felt like forever, I decided to make a series of photographs based on the constraints of this collective, forced pause. I started with what I could see from a fixed point just outside my front door, looking across a small canyon at the wooded ridge opposite.

While we on the ground were locked down, there was still a lot going on up in the air. Crows went on with their travels up and down the hillside. Dragonflies zigged and zagged after prey. Hawks and vultures spiraled over the canyon riding thermal updrafts and bats came out in the evening to dine on the wing. Capturing their movements as composite photographs, I focused on the graceful and intricate paths of their flights.

I’d often watched hawks circling before, but I hadn’t looked at their