PHOTO SERIES:
A TONGUE ON HOT IRON
35mm half-frame photograph diptychs, 2018
A Tongue on Hot Iron explores religious plurality in Siberia: a place where Othodox Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism and ancient Shamanism not only coexist, but thrive concurrently. Siberia is often cast as barren, inaccessible and inhospitable, but in reality it is a place that exemplifies understanding, mutual aid and community support. From the quotidian to the ritualistic, A Tongue on Hot Iron seeks to highlight how spirituality manifests itself in these everyday Siberian interactions.
Taken on an early half-frame camera which provides two frames for each 35mm exposure, these paired images of shamans, monks, priests, worshipers, devotees and skeptics alike seek to give a unique window into the juxtaposed mosaic that makes up modern Siberia.
Images from this series are draw from locations across Eastern Siberia, including: Irkutsk, Buryatia, Olkhon Island and rural Transbaikalia.
A TONGUE ON HOT IRON
35mm half-frame photograph diptychs, 2018
A Tongue on Hot Iron explores religious plurality in Siberia: a place where Othodox Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism and ancient Shamanism not only coexist, but thrive concurrently. Siberia is often cast as barren, inaccessible and inhospitable, but in reality it is a place that exemplifies understanding, mutual aid and community support. From the quotidian to the ritualistic, A Tongue on Hot Iron seeks to highlight how spirituality manifests itself in these everyday Siberian interactions.
Taken on an early half-frame camera which provides two frames for each 35mm exposure, these paired images of shamans, monks, priests, worshipers, devotees and skeptics alike seek to give a unique window into the juxtaposed mosaic that makes up modern Siberia.
Images from this series are draw from locations across Eastern Siberia, including: Irkutsk, Buryatia, Olkhon Island and rural Transbaikalia.
