Tom Scott

The concept of time keeps coming to mind when viewing the color sand photos. To quote the videogame Prince of Persia, "Many believe time to be a river, flowing in one direction. But I have seen time, and I can tell you that it is a vast ocean." I've never thought of time as something that can be traced forwards or backwards, but as something fragile. I believe the slightest change in mind or action can create an entirely different future. Even my train of thought as I write this is determining my future- should I write something else, it may trigger an entirely new thought process in my mind which, in turn, may cause me to think or act different later on, which will provide new consequences. I see this concept represented in the images made by the sand and the water. Single strands branch off into new ones, which branch off into even more, until we see the visual representation of what the timeline of the universe probably looks like. It's also notable that these images are fleeting, soon to be washed away and begin anew, as a victim to time itself.

The black and white images were even more stirring. The one that caught my attention most of all was the flash flood image. I do not mind being told what to see in the image, because it gives me insight into what the artist saw. It may be a bit gimmicky, but I may have missed the connection to a flash flood without the title, and it amazes me that he took this photo and related it to that idea.

Beautiful work.