This project is based on the question, "What if Thoreau had been a photographer?" We will retrace Thoreau's path through nature by photographing what Thoreau may have had seen, using only the photographic technology available at his time. The photograph process is called Calotype, invented by Thoreau's contemporary William Henry Fox Talbot.

The objective of Beyond Spheres Project includes production of large art work consisting of multiple plates. In honoring William Henry Fox Talbot's world's first photo book "Pencil of the Nature" we will producea portfolio photo book of original prints from Beyond Spheres Project. It will be a 21st century version of "Pencil of the Nature" titled "Beyond Spheres"
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This production phase of Beyond Spheres Project is scheduled to begin in March 2012, and end in December 2015.

The works will be presented to the public in museums, educational institutions and commercial galleries in the New England area, in proximity to the shooting locations (please refer to listing). The red line on the map shows Thoreau's footsteps. His trips to Cape Cod and Maine each resulted in his masterpieces.

The purpose of all his trips was to gain the insight to write his own "Cosmic Journal" as well as expanding his phenomenological relationship with nature. Outside his journey, Thoreau spent all his life in the vicinity of Concord, Massachusetts, including two years and two months on Walden Pond. There, he continued his serious exploration of the nature around him and produced several books and journals

.Beyond Spheres Project, while giving an important consideration to shoot in Concord area, will explore each destination repeatedly with four seasons in mind. The project will follow Thoreau's footsteps carefully without hurry. We are not in search of rare scenic spots to admire and visit once a lifetime, but in search of ways to contemplate everyday nature around us as Thoreau did.