The Human Condition
“The characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality".
Spirits Amongst Us / DohaArtworks
This work reflects a fascination with the ‘Human Condition’ which has been the driving force behind a lifetime studying, planning and designing the built environment; essentially, the fabric around us.
My work highlights the various threads that make up this fabric and enrich our lives on so many levels.
The digital compositions in the series ‘Spirits Amongst Us’ begin to explore another dimension to this fabric, a realm in which a divine presence is at work; our subconscious. Our subconscious plays a pivotal role in how we interpret the world, how we see ourselves and how we interact with others.
This is a world that can only be seen through our subconscious or, if extremely fortunate, captured through a camera’s lens.
These images provide a glimpse into this realm.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/aab53022-52b2-48b9-8ce4-d7fb8d214ab9_rw_1920.png?h=6ddf3282902fed53f224eac62371d009)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/44ea58f3-6de6-4532-b3a9-57d9601f1111_rw_1920.png?h=a22ca993e22675bfdad68863d5d99195)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/3fbf5879-77ba-4abe-a179-1aec5e86f87b_rw_1920.png?h=d05ee1f968647b75707d533e4696403e)
!['Eurydice, Waiting for Orpheus'](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/1d2da1fc-25a2-4d66-b34e-0cf195ab3474_rw_1920.jpg?h=c493649404aa04d46d5c9eda0a78030b)
'Eurydice, Waiting for Orpheus'
!['All Flows and Passes...This Goes on Forever'](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/1314857f-30cd-465a-970e-1f34969d48c6_rw_1920.jpg?h=0fee67fca4e7bf661f4bcc34e5b20d15)
'All Flows and Passes...This Goes on Forever'
![Who Will Care For You When I Am Gone?](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/689c3bb5-f332-49d5-94cf-eb6efab3db19_rw_1200.jpg?h=d5ba8fd8b264bd95273c53aecfc6b81b)
Who Will Care For You When I Am Gone?
!['Waiting for the Second Coming'](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/d7c635a4-2400-4471-a667-ae39f0b07882_rw_1200.jpg?h=ee7afdaace10e7d89bfbcff451b3ce0b)
'Waiting for the Second Coming'
![We Rise When We Lift Others](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/4ab6c02c-0ac5-4639-b10a-dc6df1ac254a_rw_1920.jpg?h=50964d60c4ee7eca57ee3d26e6efbb0d)
We Rise When We Lift Others
![Do You Hear The Cranes, My Brother?](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/4b17ba91-e5dd-4e21-9acb-67600ab7ec8e_rw_1200.jpg?h=ae5268ae780a4038533b45f8e1e2d418)
Do You Hear The Cranes, My Brother?
![My Old Neighbourhood...Bittersweet](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/5b53cafb-b254-48b9-8074-c5630eb94f75_rw_1920.jpg?h=dee452fcf8a212f8d03888e4ac68ae90)
My Old Neighbourhood...Bittersweet
![Trust Me, Follow Me](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/86d73ca6-83ae-4d77-a0ea-4e9f20f879f1_rw_1920.jpg?h=a82b33e8623a7f730c2e55d2dad61a71)
Trust Me, Follow Me
![Just A Whisper Away](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/c9acd0b9-6851-4a1b-94c9-e88630d22429_rw_1920.jpg?h=1b14bc2627c06c718dc16be63f0269c0)
Just A Whisper Away
![Spirits In Rome](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/7337b135-458b-418b-9ca1-3a723858c369_rw_1920.jpg?h=ff4ce2497a70e8dfc9f77272e32e7fb0)
Spirits In Rome
![Once It Was Easy To Set Me On Fire](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/828dd38c-0e9e-40ca-988d-bf793fc85110_rw_1200.jpg?h=c0c1ece54db5a4522bd7016460f4be3f)
Once It Was Easy To Set Me On Fire
![Spirits In Huron County l](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/77d5e188-356a-493c-ba40-ff5be1235c6c_rw_1200.jpg?h=3b0d276316f50b435e414bd4a676561f)
Spirits In Huron County l
![Spirits In Huron County ll](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/45fc55e3-8121-4ef5-921a-664fd98d44de_rw_1200.jpg?h=80f7059bd6267864f47ffe2a700478fa)
Spirits In Huron County ll
![In Dreams ll](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/123dca68-d1d0-4c2d-9f52-2963682d6ade_rw_1920.jpg?h=f362d398e7276e3f17a695eab98d7a54)
In Dreams ll
![In Dreams](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/c322886b-3948-4088-85ea-11fa8e8ee26e_rw_1920.jpg?h=11e617f7f7f97315026e5b7aec146661)
In Dreams
![Walk quietly...Best Not To Disturb Their Sleep 2019](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/ac616760-2790-4340-aa07-6ce436b91371_rw_1920.jpg?h=0de0aec448cd8b4becef30c29e8081a1)
Walk quietly...Best Not To Disturb Their Sleep 2019
![Family of Man 2019](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/b85be25f-e817-48bd-9a82-ca111388f1d5_rw_1920.jpg?h=b79926fe1085eef59a2caa73622ba5f2)
Family of Man 2019
![Family of Man 2019](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/82abd85f-a7a6-4839-996d-8057b6d65652_rw_1920.jpg?h=3fa3eb906189a3bca63d9b90b8563de4)
Family of Man 2019
![Family of Man 2019](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/87a396eb-97fc-4982-9174-34798b9f3345_rw_1920.jpg?h=2b14033a70394171c1539a8223626664)
Family of Man 2019
![Family of Man 2019](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/0fb3bb77-602b-413a-baee-6d8f4edd9ff5_rw_1920.jpg?h=ccf7467401f93a53b44906f6eff56d1d)
Family of Man 2019
![Exhibit Of The Unknown 2019](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/228fab1a-e3c2-4fc0-b27e-0743f858a160_rw_1920.jpg?h=24755a0bb50296fff1d4637baed0589b)
Exhibit Of The Unknown 2019
![The Secret Life of Machines lll 2019](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/03db8f45-5efa-4714-924e-5bd17b23ee60_rw_1920.jpg?h=07d5b58eb87cafd04e8e4c1fe3d536ec)
The Secret Life of Machines lll 2019
![Spirits in Doha](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/52217d53-e987-4577-bf4f-e4ab2a16e6f1_rw_1200.jpg?h=faac15e40b7863282ec138af9d98d211)
Spirits in Doha
![Spirits In Abu Dhabi 2018](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/4299034f-596b-40c7-b6ff-aea259c2e60c_rw_1920.jpg?h=98bede201e836db24d696e8ab0d87c0c)
Spirits In Abu Dhabi 2018
![A Whisper of Mortality](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/c0acb295-5aaf-4c29-9c81-e1c7ac66bdff_rw_1200.jpg?h=13522de4c42f33b95e4312a480e7a16d)
A Whisper of Mortality
![Spirits, Lang Century Village](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/29c3445b-20d6-4f73-9394-43a490b2c50c_rw_1920.jpg?h=c0d63727629c18f48fb517076afbf12f)
Spirits, Lang Century Village
Individual Images
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/b8b2c18c-8445-48a4-90cc-741dfeb5aa80_rw_1920.jpg?h=f24ac2a1fddbfbec8e9209f918ea57cc)
'Eurydice, Waiting for Orpheus'
Digital Composition 2022
Limited edition of 20 archival prints
Image 510 x 350 mm (20" x 14")
$600 print only
$750 as framed
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/eb5cc9f0-bfd3-4bdf-aa92-68f7dfc38a9a_rw_1920.jpg?h=b39fdf209404dc0a651f6624fba76d3d)
All Flows and All Passes...This Goes on Forever
Digital Composition 2022
Limited edition of 20 archival prints
Image 510 x 366 mm (20" x 14")
$600 print only
$750 as framed
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/b10e2496-d371-44f4-93f2-597e82cf8e11_rw_1200.jpg?h=357930937958ff8b8990fd7a9a84752e)
Who Will Care For You When I Am Gone?
Digital Composition 2022
Limited edition of 20 archival prints
Image 510 x 380 mm (20" x 15")
$600 print only
$750 as framed
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/e3f62f83-8c41-482e-a089-12845eaaf417_rw_1200.jpg?h=9c99782cebe542d8a857927313b47a19)
'The Second Coming'
Digital Composition 2022
Limited edition of 20 archival prints
Image 510 x 366 mm (20" x 14")
$600 print only
$750 as framed
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/fad1d07f-ce5d-42fa-88a7-6dd125609aba_rw_1200.jpg?h=204c8533aa10e8feac7fa1b54bef497c)
Do You Hear the Cranes, my Brother?
This digital composition is based on a Ukrainian requiem. The cranes are migrating and will likely die in a foreign land. The cranes symbolize soldiers going to war, and is usually sung at military funerals. Like the cranes, not all return from their arduous journey. Its a powerful token of remembrance among those in exile, or forced to flee and emigrate...my Ukrainian family.
Digital Composition 2022
Limited edition of 20 archival prints
Image 405 x 612 mm (16" x 24")
$600 print only
$750 as framed
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/dfc76917-c4ac-4575-b2dc-132e092e5d86_rw_1920.jpg?h=f85cb968b7a62f913d71f1d2945f7af9)
'We Rise When We Lift Others'
Digital composition 2022 / Collection 'Family of Man'.
Digital Composition 2022
Limited edition of 20 archival prints
Image 510 x 288 mm ( 20" x 11")
$600 print only
$750 as framed
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/f2d9f544-76c7-4f20-860c-1aaf4baf3c8b_rw_1920.jpg?h=5fbc5ca38fd0f572aef6bbcb0dea371f)
Trust Me, Follow Me
Spoleto, Italy 1972
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/bfd9c7f1-bd33-4912-8587-131dcb549b34_rw_1920.jpg?h=076262b462549392de5b8141c6b6e2ff)
Just A Whisper Away
Italy 1972
Death...
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/04de8389-6323-4965-9111-94603d69290b_rw_1920.jpg?h=0c5ae0eb930d17014de83f2c058b6979)
Spirits In Rome 1972
Early one morning, from my balcony on Via Giulia
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/63290250-479c-40bb-b99b-45e041c2d5ae_rw_1200.jpg?h=aa494c44a3aae0541b10382c65d7ea15)
"Once It Was Easy To Set Me On Fire"
Huron County, 1938
Digital composition 2022 / Collection 'Family of Man'.
Digital Composition 2022
Limited edition of 20 archival prints
Image 510 x 288 mm ( 20" x 11")
$600 print only
$750 as framed
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/7266b29a-cd5e-4c1b-918e-7c35b4697e78_rw_1200.jpg?h=e399f81bb2d3899054e53f4778ea6438)
Spirits In Huron County l
1925
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/d09b8fea-e357-446c-9759-3db6b4d16a4a_rw_1200.jpg?h=c9d4a9f83714945566014f9784323773)
Spirits In Huron County ll
1925
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/87ec5fe8-dd70-4369-8a17-da71153ff14d_rw_1920.jpg?h=99e679949508c3f3f38e412bd62919fa)
In Dreams
Piazza Navona, Rome 1972
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/d6f0db33-40af-4fdd-8231-fecc4396927c_rw_1920.jpg?h=a049eea5068c9ec487e3cd2755a9abec)
In Dreams
Huron County, 1976
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/3e91e6f8-c0d7-4231-9836-a172f63a58cf_rw_1920.jpg?h=62af5edf4fe1eec8d7fb2ae0e7b17b28)
Walk Softly...Best To Not Disturb their Sleep
Goderich 2019
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/c7e80188-edcf-4aa6-977a-9bab0343f326_rw_1920.jpg?h=cb69e97dd71a4c758784525149e8d894)
Family of Man
Chicago 1969
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/4b076a19-5d7e-42b9-9a9f-d51a3ed87d4f_rw_1920.jpg?h=eccafc8cbab7db59fce97cbfe612df0c)
Family Of Man
Chicago 1969
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/d95dcd0f-b366-41c3-ac6e-787ea117fea5_rw_1920.jpg?h=749a09eb66b59e7991d9538e65184080)
Family Of Man
Chicago 1969
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/b2382b21-8a2a-47cc-aa43-3a7ccb1dbdba_rw_1920.jpg?h=2338a1fe1977a0b9d690f69e2f65984f)
Exhibit of the Unknown
London Zoo 2012
Limited edition of twenty prints
Image dimensions 500 x 358 mm
I photographed an empty exhibit at the zoo in London, England 2019
however, when I downloaded the image...
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/55155924-ec5d-4900-bdc7-13dea94e0e3f_rw_1920.jpg?h=546a36413f5e067ce9f543034550f94e)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/247eb18a-f39d-453e-b1aa-ecbb2eb52098_rw_1920.jpg?h=b8592a20cf530b3539c994d40ce05b76)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/dea46c2a-77ad-464f-81da-f372dcb06375_rw_1920.jpg?h=36862f6a762f00534a16b79a10457bf7)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/4cc2534c-58e8-4675-8826-03cd9ceeb043_rw_1920.jpg?h=2380619ace87743845448524084b956d)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/3c2b2001-effd-4cc8-a784-df7f0c927400_rw_1920.jpg?h=ccaaccd3b5db93341b45e30ec07e6ae1)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/79ecefc1-bc42-48b8-bfce-ed7fd2fe0a15_rw_1920.jpg?h=b9dbe73e7bf98b943fcad3d7d057c26f)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/fa996cf6-ce67-4272-9dde-28cb89ac5eff_rw_1920.jpg?h=483df8deeee688006ee8ca571c488297)
The Secret Life of Machines
'Everything Is Not Going to Be Alright'
Waterloo, Ontario 1972
The gas pumps seemed to be holding hands, providing comfort to each other during the ice storm.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/3722f575-a7be-4dc4-a06e-1cdbdd810766_rw_1200.jpg?h=f98f9f182a2b5f2718a38d70ff97318c)
Spirits in Doha 2006/2017
A simple photograph of a woman in an abaya however, when I
downloaded the image...
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/b655d5ab-a3db-4621-b984-4776c79423fb_rw_1920.jpg?h=461db8d445523486f59f24f9d5393286)
Spirits in Lang Century Village
I spent many afternoons here, unnoticed by the spirits from the past
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/8450d118-2320-4347-989d-234fb0075cc9_rw_1200.jpg?h=3256015b4cc559a065ec2ce820a8f118)
Spirits in Abu Dhabi
2003
Captured this when I came into work early one morning
...wondering what happened during the night
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9a7a2f19a4f527e48d71e351399cc411/95198cbb-35e2-4824-96f9-fbb322c82ded_rw_1920.jpg?h=0ed7f15e3dcb733f02360a69130cb1ab)
A Whisper Of Mortality
1975
Working on my architectural thesis, I was photographing a portion of Queen Street.
When I developed the negatives, they revealed a parallel realm co-existng with the one I am in.
If you are interested in any of these digital compositions, please submit the contact form and I will be happy to respond.
Roman
Thank you!