open edition

I don’t think of myself as a classic photographer. I find that I am increasingly unconcerned by the reality of what passes before my lens, preferring to use my captures as stepping stones to places less traveled.

Life is not always as it seems, and entire worlds exist just beyond the horizon of our vision. In some places, the fabric that conceals these worlds from view is thinner than in others. If I stand just so, and I am blessed with a certain kind of light, sometimes I can see right through that fabric.

My goal is to engage the viewer as collaborator and co-author. My images set the stage, and the viewer supplies the narrative. I believe that strong visual tension encourages revisiting the images in the hope of gaining a richer understanding of the constantly evolving stories. Hidden clues are discovered, and the stories unfold, but never the same way twice. Look again, and an alternate narrative may be revealed.

Robert Will – 2023

Photograph (matted and framed, print on rag paper)