“I do not know which to prefer,

The beauty of inflections

Or the beauty of innuendoes,

The blackbird whistling

Or just after.”

- Wallace Stevens, from “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”

Inspired by the Wallace Stevens poem, Thirteen Ways is a collection of photographs of my daughter, Eden, since she was born in 2006. The project is at once both a reflection of a father’s fascination with his child and a representation of the multiplicity of personalities that a young woman coming of age can choose to embody.

In addition to inkjet prints, the project includes non-traditional photographic prints, including intaglio prints and cyanotypes. Images were taken with an antique 4x5” view camera, medium format film cameras and various digital cameras.