Alleyways occupy a unique position in the urban landscape. They are neither entirely public or entirely private and while their path and location is deliberate and planned, the space itself often evolves organically. Largely accidental and unplanned the aesthetic quality of alleys is the result of overlapping, individual interests, indifference, and happenstance. Because of this they become a parallel zone, a physical subconscious, where the subtle, banal details of life can become more readily apparent. The piling up of things, the marks, and the patchwork, ad hoc constructions can be seen as the signs and symbols. They are the background and details, the exposition, of lives that have unfolded, or are unfolding. With these images I’m interested in what is revealed in and by these empty spaces and inanimate objects.
