A person appears to be levitating horizontally above a white bed in a dimly lit hotel room with framed artwork on the wall.
A person jumps playfully above a bed with brown leather headboard in a bright hotel room.
A person levitates playfully above a white hotel bed with brown leather headboard in a minimalist room.
A person levitates horizontally over a white hotel bed with black wall lamps and burgundy headboard.
A messy unmade bed with white sheets in a hotel room with yellow walls and wooden nightstands.
A person stretches and leaps across an unmade bed near ornate windows in a sunlit bedroom.
Artistic black and white photo of a figure floating above a hotel bed.
Black and white image capturing a figure suspended over unmade bed sheets.

Trapped in Suspension

An Alternate state of body and mind


Trapped in Suspension is an ongoing series of people jumping naked in bed and being captured mid-air.

It is so much richer than the simplicity that its appearance suggests.

It just grew on its own. It's a rich metaphor for different outcomes and states of mind delivered from simple actions.

It's a choice to experience yourself in another state. A departure to new possibilities.

You, frozen in time in Suspension, are a catalyst for growth and curiosity.

A totem, a reminder of all the other things you could be living and trying in life.


I see people's faces, smiles, fun, childlike faces, jumping and learning, and trying to get it right.

Until they are airborne and get it "right." The initial reluctance and reservations give place to pure joy and encounter with their inner free-spirited child, adventurous souls, and fearless minds. "It's so small and simple, and yet, I have never done this; it brings me so much genuine fun."

After the best image is selected, the image is augmented: a piece of wood is filled with roses or other fabric and cut into the shape of that jump.


What is left behind is pure magic: this tangible form, a testament to your trials and accomplishments.

It's a daily reminder of what you can do; it's elegant, discreet, and charming.

It's you, a jaw-dropping you... suspended... mid-air.


I saw a video from one of my favorite bands, London Grammar, and I saw the behind-the-scenes of the video, the making of, the math, and the ingenious idea behind it. I had to replicate that somehow. Luckily, a few days after seeing the video (link below), I suggested it to someone, and it happened.


Now, it's part of my list of shootings when we are at the hotel for The Hotel Experience.

More than just the photos is how it's delivered; it's the intention behind its print and where it takes you to see yourself on your wall, jumping naked in bed, as high as you can jump; fearless, powerful, mighty.


A visual cue that you can do everything.

I am humbled to be a small part of it.


Take those clothes off and jump!!!

Watch this.

London Grammar - Wasting My Young Years

Also, please watch the making-of