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Portals - Unstable Brick, Staten Island NY (USA), 2022

Doors, windows and openings that we pass through have fascinated me all my life. I'm always curious to find out what's on the other side. They can be interpreted as change, opportunity, barriers or prisons. Neuroscientists have found that passing from one room into another can trigger the 'doorway effect' where you forget why you went into a room. Doorways can also be less literal. They can represent a new day, a new chapter, or the ultimate doorway: death and what lies beyond. This doorway is neglected and open to the elements, and nature has wasted no time in surround the structure and taking it back.

Doors, windows and openings that we pass through have fascinated me all my life. I'm always curious to find out what's on the other side. They can be interpreted as change, opportunity, barriers or prisons. Neuroscientists have found that passing from one room into another can trigger the 'doorway effect' where you forget why you went into a room. Doorways can also be less literal. They can represent a new day, a new chapter, or the ultimate doorway: death and what lies beyond. This doorway is neglected and open to the elements, and nature has wasted no time in surround the structure and taking it back.
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