"Assembled Photography means to combine multiple exposures, each with its own space and a variable overlap in order to make a finished photographic piece. I use assembling as a broad term that is meant to distinguish the way I work from the more traditional way of shooting a single image with an emphasis on capturing the moment. The emphasis for me is on trying to get as many of the amazing properties of a particular place or a visual event into one piece of art that will somehow transmit the “wow” factor of the original subject.  I am not overly concerned with the accuracy normally associated with photographic integrity, in fact since all of these pictures actually happen over time, rather than in an instant, it really doesn’t apply here. On the other hand, it should be clear that I don’t make stuff up either. Subjects are captured in a totally traditional way- at the right time and as faithfully as possible. The Photoshop work should be transparent. Everything you see happened, it just didn’t happen at quite the same time. I am more concerned with emphasisizing the iconic nature of the subject and with adding just a little order to the natural chaos, but not too much. Whether the piece will have a seemless or hand built look does not substantially change the way the subject is shot. The typical shoot for a large piece would be three thousand photos. Between several hundred and a thousand are used in the final assembly and all appropriate darkroom work is done with Photoshop. Regardless of the final medium, a digital sketch is done to see how the pictures will work together, and/or to pick the size of prints to be made if it’s being assembled by hand. Some pieces are assembled very carefully at this level and become finished digital files. Pieces destined to be assembled by hand usually have a bit rougher sketch. In those cases the files are sent to the printer and output as individual glossy photos. The photos are assembled on a large table built for this purpose. I glue each photo, one at a time, with spray adhesive. An X-acto knife and a ruler are the only other tools used.

I hope you enjoy what you see here."