PHOTOGRAPHIC TYPE COLLECTIONS
About these pieces
I love typography, but I'm not always comfortable with its precise nature. When combined, letter-forms offer limitless possibilities for expression, yet on their own they are often constrained, their subtleties known only to those who take the time to notice serifs, bowls, terminals and x-heights. By using a simple point-and-shoot camera as a "pen" I created letter-forms from the light of stationary objects such as a television, a streetlamp, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Through this use of slow exposure photography I am able to invert the typical dynamic between typography and architectural elements: rather than type echoing physical objects, the objects become the type.
I created these photographic typefaces in order to hint at the stories I wasn't ready to tell. As a graphic designer, I've spent plenty of time working with the connection between type and image--namely, combining the two in order to communicate clarity. However, with this series I seek to trouble that relationship so that I might convey meaningful expression (desire, anger, fear, elation) even while obscuring specific content.