Saturation.
In photography, saturation is often thought of as the way we add color—emphasizing the vibrancy & tones by bringing out the richness already hidden within. But in theory, saturation is described as something larger ; Saturation is a state or process in which more is absorbed, combined, or added.
An image always starts simple, it’s the most desaturated version of its self, no matter the color reflected. It’s closer to neutral than complete. However over time, saturation enters gradually. As I experience more of the world, I see myself bringing those lessons back into my work. Each revision or return adds another layer of perspective—an accumulation of memory, theory, knowledge, and instinct.
Art, in this way, behaves like breath, mimicking how oxygen enters a lung. The air we breathe shifts with every inhale, never the same twice. It’s touched by the moment & the environment around it. In the same way, art breathes when we return to it. It moves through stages, reshaped by time, by the environments it has been exposed to—parallel to mine.
This process builds depth the way color gradually strengthens in a photograph. The work begins to carry not just the subject, but the history layered onto it after its creation. It moves from being a single picture into something that also reflects the person who made it.
Each time I return to older work, it shifts in meaning—reshaped by the places I’ve been and the things I’ve gone through. As I change, the work changes with me.
