Photosites

Photosites are light collectors. They are at the heart of every digital camera, and the only light-sensitive element utilized in digital imaging. They hold light, just for a moment, before converting it into a signal that is legible to our various electronic devices. Within every image sensor there are millions of them; minute, light sensitive chambers made of silicon. Silicon is one of the most abundant elements in the universe and the second most abundant element in the earth's crust.

I collect image sensors from used and discarded digital cameras. I then use a microscope to photograph and film these usually hidden sites of creation and translation. My images document these usually unseen sites of image creation.