"While new media advances faster than the century, photography, a 19th century product of the Industrial Revolution continues to blanket the earth.

Photography has been an international enterprise from its inception and has widened its scope with every change in the media - including self expression through close up images of natural forms like rocks and roots, which remain simultaneously strong, delicate and mysterious.

Photos of isolated individuals speak of yearning, emptiness and sorrow." author unknown

A photographer endeavours to establish a larger vision of the modern transnational experience by transcending boundaries and cultural divides while creating memorable images. During travel, we document not only scenery and architecture, but how and where people live, how they dress, their colours, facial expressions, their sense of self, of place, and how they function in those places.

A photo is only a picture until the photographer puts his or her own "stamp" on it. That is what makes it unique.

I see my work as "open". I shoot quickly, mostly in natural light with minimal technical intervention. I have an innate curiosity and an appreciation of what's around me which I hope expresses the personality of common things and ordinary people. In doing so, I attempt to include texture which enhances the painterly quality I desire for some of my images.

For this body of work, I have used some of the most innovative ideas available in the field of photography today, which enables me to express my personal creative interpretations. More than ever, this work reflects a heritage of painting that goes forward into today in an attempt to break down the boundaries between these two disciplines. The result is intriguing and expresses a tension between the past and what might happen - sequenza - next, in my work.

May Karp 2003