The word photography comes from the Greek words for “writing with light.”
The translation is literal. The practice is not.
A photograph begins with light, but it’s really about attention: what we notice, what we overlook, and what changes when we look again.
Most of my work is made in Detroit and the landscapes around it. They’re made in abandoned buildings, on hiking trails, along rivers, in neighborhoods, and in the quiet spaces between destinations. They share the same question: what does a place reveal if you stop trying to pass through it?
The answer is never the same twice.
H. Spielman 