Oakland Gate - 2002

Artist Statement: Print color photographs of details within the city of Oakland. Using an alternative method called Cross-Process photography; I’ve created photographs of my surroundings neighborhood with a magical, almost painted, look that represents my interpretation of stunning objects. This method produces a color shift outside the normal, predictable palette that standard processing produces/ I chose this technique to visually describe my opinions of Oakland’s unpredictable beauty. Capturing my “ordinary” surroundings in an extraordinary way allows others to see what I see in the world around me.