seeing machines

Before images were instant, these machines stood between the world and its memory. Built from glass, metal, and intention, they once framed moments with deliberation, requiring patience, precision, and trust in what could not yet be seen. This collection approaches them as subjects rather than tools—objects that once observed, now observed in return. In their worn edges and quiet stillness, they carry traces of the countless scenes they have mediated, reminding us that every act of seeing is shaped by the instrument through which it passes.