Uncontained
This black-and-white photograph comes from my handmade photobook, The Life You Come Back to May Be Your Own.
Photographed in Elyria, Ohio in the fall of 2025, the image captures a blurred excavator, its massive form partially dissolving through motion. The machine appears almost uncontained — too large, too loud, too alive to be held still.
The excavator becomes less about function and more about force: weight without clarity, movement without resolution. What should feel solid instead feels momentary, even fragile. The photograph resists precision, mirroring the way memory, work, and return rarely come into focus all at once.
Within the larger body of work, this image reflects the tension of coming back to a place shaped by labor and industry — where familiarity doesn’t always bring calm, and where the past moves faster than you can fully grasp it. The machine stands in for inherited momentum: histories set in motion long before you arrive, still rumbling as you try to find your footing.
This listing is for a high-resolution digital photograph delivered as a downloadable TIFF file, intended for collectors, designers, and printmakers who want full control over their final print.
The file size is 60.9 MB, providing exceptional detail and tonal range. It is suitable for printing up to 24 × 36 inches with excellent clarity and can be printed larger depending on your preferred printer, paper, and viewing distance.
Because this is a digital file, you can choose your own:
Paper type (matte, glossy, fine art, etc.)
Print size
Printer or print lab
File Details
Format: TIFF
File size: 60.9 MB
Recommended print size: Up to 24 × 36 inches
Delivery: Instant digital download
Please Note
This is a digital product only — no physical print or frame will be shipped.
Colors may vary slightly depending on your monitor and printer settings.
For best results, professional or fine-art printing is recommended.
Usage
This digital file is for personal use only unless otherwise agreed upon. Commercial use, redistribution, or resale of the file itself is not permitted.
Once purchased, you’ll have a museum-quality image file that you can print now—or revisit and reprint in the future as your space or needs change.
