Project Dispatch presents:

Kristoffer Tripplaar
Each month Project Dispatch features an artist from the project.  This month we proudly present artwork by Kristoffer Tripplaar. 
Many of the small works our patrons receive in the mail are the first fruits of the artists more substantial bodies of work. The purpose of this feature is to display the artist's larger body of work so our patrons have an idea of their stylistic approaches and preferred media.  Presented on this page are parts of two series: "Watergate Deconstructed" and "Galveston: What Remains".  Contact Kristoffer for more information about his work or you can visit his website @ http://www.tripplaar.com and his blog @ http://kristoffertripplaar.wordpress.com.  
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My work as a photographer is based around the idea of exploration. I was fortunate as a child to grow up in a family that traveled a great deal and as a result, created a constant urge in me to seek out new places. Representing those experiences and ideas with photographs and having the ability to show others what I have seen is an amazing feeling.

What I do falls into two very distinct categories. I am trained in photojournalism and in my day-to-day work I cover everything from the White House to celebrities at red carpet events. For me that work is still very much a form of exploration. Creating photographs of major news events and seeing them published around the world is the most dramatic extension of what I do.

The work that I bring to Project Dispatch comes from the other side of the work I create. When possible I take a theme and spend as much time as I can delving into it. Some projects last for a few weeks and others I have spent several years on and remain open ended. I’ve looked at everything from historic or infamous Washington, DC landmarks in transition, The United States Postal Service, and the remnants of natural disasters.

The photographs I’m sharing for this feature is a collection of the images from my Watergate Deconstructed series and Galveston: What Remains series.