The anticipation is palpable. As competition approaches, athletes fuel themselves with the subtle nerves and anxiety that creeps in, they dedicate hours to find the zone, the flow state, and they gain power in the quiet of the mind. When the performance begins, the kinetic energy and poetic mastery of each subject(s) in their arena transcends time. This work is a study of motion within each stage. This work is a study of the landscape and objects that encapsulate the momentum of the athlete.

Most photographs in this collection were taken with a large format camera, scanned and printed digitally. Others were created with a digital camera.