My artwork is told through a photographic medium, whether the pictures are moving or still. More specifically, I work in the realms of production design and environmental portraiture. I find or create a world for my subjects: a place where their story can be told to the viewer—a person who doesn’t know them at all. More often than not, my subjects are strangers to myself, and I project my own beliefs that I gain in the moment of introduction onto the image. This is done through depth of field, camera angle, art direction, and digital manipulation. My photographs are usually taken on reversal film, but I scan my images to make digital prints. I can’t explain why I use film except that I take more care in my process.
It’s almost impossible to not be critical of those I don’t know. My biggest want with portrait photography is to figure out how we as people become biased towards those strangers. I want to show the viewer my point of view when I see my subjects, but I also want to force myself to take on a new perspective from series to series. If I can force myself to see with a new lens, can you? Also, I like to think about what makes a portrait of a celebrity important. Can I make an image using the same techniques, but with an unknown subject, have the same value? To me, it’s all about who we are looking at (you through my eyes).
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