The Camouflage series was inspired by a small turquoise and black grasshopper that I spotted on a walk. The grasshopper blended perfectly into turquoise-colored lichen on the ground. If it had not moved as I walked past I would not have noticed it. From this encounter I began to ponder the purpose of camouflage for the survival of both predator and prey in different environments.

Animals employ four main camouflage techniques and I propose that humans use them subtly as well: mimicry, disguise, disruptive coloring and cryptic coloration. Although use of camouflage is more familiar in the animal kingdom, as human beings we employ similar techniques and engage in camouflaging behavior as we move from place to place, acclimating to both new social and physical environments. Camouflage can be humorous, painful or poignant, experiences that I hope to capture through photographs of self-camouflage installations set in a variety of natural and urban environments. In each of the four Camouflage images presented I manifest one of the four categories mentioned above.

2005