Charcoal
/ˈchärˌkōl/
noun
a porous black solid, consisting of an amorphous form of carbon, obtained as a residue when wood, bone, or other organic matter is heated in the absence of air.
In 2022, I began photographing lump charcoal in various STATES.
I had been looking for a subject to stick with and revisit over time.
I was getting ready to cook some fish when it jumped out to me how this fuel we use to grill food is both simple but also otherworldly and beautiful. It glows like the filament in a light bulb while it’s on fire and you hit it with wind.
It looks like snow
when it's burning without air flow to blow the ash off.
It looks like mountains
if you approach it from the right angle and scale.
It can look like asteroids floating around in space when shot against a black background or like
meteors burning up in the atmosphere
when pushed through a flame.
