The central theme of his work is to conceive of the photograph as a unique metaphysical space with idiosyncratic properties of gravity, time, mass, and motion. Employing the traditions and techniques of photography, land and installation art, Ville creates sculptural work that exists and functions within photographic space.

Most of his work is made in the desert where geologic time is made visible; where habitable landscape reaches its terminal state; and where cultural memories of ancient religions remain tangible. It is within those conditions that Ville constructs his images, often from several exposures and over long spans of time. He returns to the same desolate locations year-after-year for weeks at a time. Living and working out of his work truck, he constructs installations from wood, native rocks and soil. Often, he will revive and recycle materials from weathered installations, left on-site from previous months and years. Eventually all the materials are collected – leaving no trace of his presence. For Ville, photography presents a space for forming a more profound relationship with Nature and reenacting primordial religious states of mind.

Ville is an autodidact whose work has been featured in several print and online publications, such as American Photo Magazine, GUP Magazine, SFAQ, and Diffusion Magazine. Ville’s awards include a Hopper Prize and a Lucie Award. His first monograph was released by Datz Press in 2022. He has exhibited internationally with non-profit and private galleries.

>> Read Ville's interview on the Hopper Journal