Karst considers the idea of a katabasis, a mythic descent into the subterranean underworld, as an allegory for exploration into memory and the subconscious. This project documents cave systems in the Appalachian Mountains in Southwestern Virginia that my late father and I explored as a child. In 2024, twenty years after his death, I descended back into these caves. The resulting photographs act as evidence of mythic, poetic, and subconscious spaces that explore the visual reconstructions we create while trying to understand time and loss. The images in Karst are printed on expired silver gelatin paper. This paper has been scarred by light over the course of its lifetime, allowing the imagery that etches into it to reflect the dim conditions of the underworld.

Learn more here