until the water
Until the Water explores the bayous, lakes, and swamps of Louisiana. The series reminds viewers that the landscape is in a constant state of change, and that within those transformations are moments of both melancholy and transcendent beauty.
Creative exploring
To create this series, I’ve spent six years exploring Louisiana by boat. I follow moon phases and seasonal cycles of high and low water to plan the timing for my swamp trips. Each year I spend 40 - 60 nights camping and photographing along the water in different regions throughout the state.
Alhambra
Beauregard
Vadia
Aragon
Sorrel
Cypremort
photographic
process
I rig a lighting system to my flatboat. After positioning the lights, I get out of the boat and, from the water level perspective, I compose photographs from my camera affixed to a custom built tripod able to stand in 25 feet of water.
collaborating with clouds
I work with my staged lights and the light of the moon while responding to the changing clouds, wind, and weather to create photographs that focus your gaze on the relationships between people, history, and our environment.
Edna
Lemeire
Morbihan
Naquin
Orphus
Attakapas
Avoca
Mannina
Vidrine
The transient beauty inherent in nature’s cycles of loss and recovery offer us a place for reflection.
Fausse
Trepagnier
Simeaud
Dalbor
Eleusinian
Parmenides
Romancing the familiar
“For Frank Relle, a single image contains many moments. He romances the familiar: Houses contemplate the lives lived in them. Trees step forward out of the forest. His landscapes are rooted in history. “
- Morgan Babst
Segura
Soileau
Rompe
Gouffre
Mestayer
Rookery
Vizinat