2020 changed many things for me as an artist. After extreme isolation during the height of the pandemic, the mere sight of groups of people fascinated me as well as gave me anxiety. I found myself photographing people from very far distances, and began collaging them together to make interesting designs. Using color and composition, these designs were a way to make people social distance again.

“Socially Distanced” is a body of work that is a cross between collaged photography and sculpture. Subjects are photographed, manipulated, printed, and cut out leaving their feet attached to the print. Each cutout figure leans forward creating a halfway between 2D and 3D, and they cast their own shadows. The final presentation of these photo-based sculptures is a print mounted to board, framed with 1/2" spacers inside and artist’s shadow box.

Influenced by a combination of Irving Parker, Massimo Vitali, and Where's Waldo, this piece inspired me to break out of the 2D art world and create physical pieces once again.