Photographer Jason Kremkau doesn't always travel with his camera. Sure, there are days when he goes out just to shoot, but other times, things sort of catch his eye and he comes back later to capture them on film.

Take Citizen Available, for instance. A digitally printed photograph of an old Newburgh billboard poster, Kremkau says it is "something that I passed many times" before actually shooting. It had been painted over often, "but the forces of nature made everything underneath reappear," he says. The different patterns intrigued him and he captured what he saw on film just before it became something else again (a short time later, someone made an attempt to cover up all the old layers by painting the billboard white).

"To me, it's kind of like a visual metaphor for life, for our existence," Kremkau says. "We accumulate layers of experiences and perceptions about reality and ourselves. Some of that can cloud our vision and get in the way."

Kremkau says his main artistic focus is the interaction between humans and the environment, particularly the point of transition between the old and new. Currently, the New Paltz native who now lives in Beacon is working on a series exploring parts of the landscape that have overgrown and been forgotten about. Eventually, he plans to turn the series into a book.

"Fragments in Time," an exhibition of Kremkau's photographs, will appear at Heaven and Earth, 81 Main Street, New Paltz from August 20-September 17, with an opening reception on Saturday, August 20, 5-7pm. (845) 255-5777.