Political races are often referred to as horse races.  Shortly after the 2016 election, I began to photograph at a local racetrack, thinking the track might offer a powerful way to engage with some of the most poignant issues at play in American politics.  But each encounter left me wondering about the horses. The horse, a majestic animal, is the universal symbol of freedom without restraint. In the bible, horses are associated with war, in dreams-strength and desire, in mythology-victory. For me, horses became the catalyst to exploring these ideas and deeper questions about myself, my country, my place- in both meanings of that word. 

This body of work asks one essential question, is it possible to capture the national distress of our time on the faces of subjects, in an object, a body, or landscape; and aims to prove that even in turbulent times, beauty persists.

Made as close as my home in New York, to as far south as the Mississippi River, and as far west as Colorado; the intention is to create a poem, a meditation, a prayer that lifts the subjects from the ordinary to the historical and from the temporal to the sacred.