"Pigeon Flyers" is an exploration of an isolated and shrinking community in which men are free to be nurturers and caretakers. In the series and its continuation I focus on the relationship between the men and their birds, the aesthetics of the birds, the coops, and the act of flying itself. The absorption of the men watching their birds fly communicates the stillness and peace of a religious experience and penetrates the tough exterior of these men to reveal the gentleness within. The unexpected relationship between the men and their birds suggests the inherent tenderness of humanity itself.
