EDITION INFORMATION

My "Stories" project first began at Columbia, when I became interested in
somehow merging my major with my minor. I was looking to create an bizarre,
fantastical narrative within every image. Each photograph contains an
anonymous character, seemingly unaware of the lens, whose face is never
shown. Although I am playing the dual role of photographer and subject,
these self-portraits do not concern the notion of self but rather the
constructing of a separate fictional reality. Every image is carefully
assembled by myself, aided by costumes, props, studio lighting, and posing.
All these elements, along with the manipulation of a view camera, help me to
bring a surrealistic and often amusing quality to the images. For this work
I tend to inspiration from various sources, including film, the books I read
over and over as a child, and the occasional random object I almost miss on
the street.