Oceans blanket nearly three-quarters of our planet; vast, azure landscapes beckoning us to their shores. Photographing the approaching surf, without the grounding of horizon or shore, we reveal its powerful yet delicate structures: its neuroanatomy. The fleeting configurations of lace-like white filaments across aqua fields bear an uncanny resemblance to cerebral neurons under a microscope, a strong draw rooted in Steve's earlier career as a psychophysiologist researching the brain’s response to stress. In these images, as in specimens drawn from a cerebral nervous system, one has a sense of the underlying cycles of activation and return: turbulence rising, intensifying, and dissolving back into a baseline state. The body of work honors these oceanic movements, which although themselves under threat, provide a spiritual calming in these times of heightened uncertainty.
Exhibit at Soho Photo, NYC September 2026
