The ability to express oneself fully is an elusive ideal, constantly stumbling over language and articulation. This series of industrial landscapes is presented as metaphors of various struggles and relationships within modes of communication. Photographing under certain conditions of light and tone, I have rendered static structures as symbols displaying an unexpected beauty and graceful clarity, only briefly revealed. The images exist in that transitory moment - between a tension of conflict and harmony, where intent is manifest and unfettered.

I work with a Hasselblad camera and Tri-X film. I find the simplicity
suits me, providing an ideal negative for my images and printing
style. The craft of shaping light, through the camera and in the
darkroom, is a defining characteristic of my work.
The prints are gelatin silver, bleached and toned in various combinations of sepia, selenium, and gold. A close friend once remarked my photographs seem to say, “Let me show you something
you may have missed.” I believe that to be a fitting introduction to
the images I make.

Sean Perry 2005