Detail of a decaying sculpture (Ear). Versailles - 1989
Oona Matta at three weeks old. Paris - 1994
The sycamore trees at the entrance of the Parc of the Chateau at Jouy-en-Josas. 1989
View of Paris from the top of Tour Montparnasse. 1994
Decaying sculpture at Vaux le Vicomte (Lion) - 1994
Kansas City, Missouri - 1993
Sabrine (hand) Paris - 1994
Decaying sculpture at Parc Monceau (Foot) - 1989
Magasin d'alimentation 9eme arrondissement, Paris - 1989
Guillaume's pet fish Caroline. Paris - 1992
Found bird's nest on a rental Chevy. Ellenville, New York 1998
Pierre Parât. Paris - 1990
Bunker near Bievres, France - 1989
Vaulted ceiling at Montmajour near Arles - 1991
Bookstore, closed on a Sunday. Paris - 1989
Sabrine (leans back) Paris - 1994
Night view of the sycamore trees at the entrance of the Parc of the Chateau at Jouy-en-Josas. 1989
Roots of a tree in the woods at Jouy-en-Josas, France - 1989
Buttressed ceiling at the Abbey of Sylvacane. Provence - 1991
A statue under plastic in storage in the basement of the Louvre. 1992
Sylvette's hand lit by winter sun. Brooklyn - 1997
Two cherub sculptures in storage in the basement of the Louvre. 1992
Caroline and Lee sunbathing beside Hetch Hetchy Reservoir during a drought. 1992
On the beach near Saint-Tropez. 1992
The garden of the Abbey of Sylvacane. Provence - 1991
The Roman Ruins at Glanum. Provence - 1991
Night view of Paris from the top of Tour Montparnasse. 1994
Moscow - 1993
Manicure Paris - 1989
Pedicure. Paris - 1989
Hairdresser. Paris - 1989
Liquor Store. Paris - 1989
Nø 1 - Facade & Nø 7 -Facade - Paris - 1991
Guillaume Biro. Paris - 1992
My short-term roommates Miles and Tiffany. Brooklyn - 1997
San Francisco. 1990
Alexandra and Alexandre in New York City in Alexandra's mother's apartment. 1992
Sylvette reclining on a Sunday morning. Brooklyn - 1997
Columns of the Roman ruins at Glanum. Provence - 1991
Gargoyle at the Chateau of Henry IV. Pau - 1990
A large column at the Abbey of Sylvacane. Provence - 1991
Toppled chairs at the park of the Chateau in Pau. 1990
Lawrence Lacina, 24 hours before his death by HIV opportunistic cancer. Paris - October 1993
The Quai of the Rive Droite near L'Hotel de Ville. Paris 1991
Ferris Wheel at the winter Carnival in Paris. 1985
Eroded roots in the woods at Jouy-en-Josas. 1989
My brother's prairie falcon. Stilwell, Kansas - 1993
Sabrine leans in. Paris - 1994
Alabaster sculpture of a duck. Versailles - 1989
Point Reyes - 1990
Tilled field -Montalto Pavese, Oltrepo, Italy - 1988
Orchard -Montalto Pavese, Oltrepo, Italy - 1988
Tree at roadside -Montalto Pavese, Oltrepo, Italy - 1988
Poplar orchard -Po River bottomlands, Italy - 1988
Sylvette. Brooklyn - 1997
The forest at Jouy-en-Josas - 1989
Bagatelle 1989
Feral holly in the woods at Jouy-en-Josas - 1989
Le potager du roi. Versailles - 1989
Chair with floral brocade upholstery and automotive battery. Normandy 1991
Torso of a damaged sculpture in the basement of the Louvre. 1992
Male bust under bubble wrap stored in the basement of the Louvre. 1992
Mark's dog Mel. Ellenville New York - 1997
Aude Tabet. Paris - 1991
Twisted column (two views) at the Abbey of Sylvacane. Provence 1991
A large column at the Abbey of Sylvacane. Provence 1991
A wall in the 4eme Arrondissement. Paris -1989
Shoe repair in the 18eme Arrondissement. Paris - 1989
Robert Chapel. Paris - 1989
Meudon - 1989
The east side of the Abbey of Montmajour. Provence - 1991
Wall Street. 1992
Sculpture remnant stored in the basement of the Louvre. 1992
Escarpement in a canyon in Pais Basque. 1990
Sarcophagi carved in the bedrock beneath the dungeon at Montmajour. Provence - 1991
View of the World Trade center from the 17th floor of the Starrett-Lehigh Building. 1998
Congo-Ocean facade in Pigalle. Paris - 1989
Cathy and Amy McGowan atop the Institut du Monde Arabe. Paris -1992
Shallow pond. Vauboyen, France - 1989
Picnic in the garden of a vacant mansion at Herblay, France. 1990
Sylvette waking up on a Sunday morning. Brooklyn - 1997
According to some popular accounts, all the material in any living human body is completely replaced about every seven years, right down to quantum particles. Nothing stays the same.
What, then, constitutes a person?
I look back on the person I was in the period these pictures were made, from 1988 to 1998, and it's almost as if I'm looking into the life of someone else. I know this person very well, and am sympathetic to him. But it's as if he's not quite me. Would he listen to me if I could speak with him?
In a way, I’ve been listening to him through the messages he put into these photographs, decades ago, and replying by shaping them into this present form.