Artist Statement
I focus on everyday people. They are fallible, imperfect, and guarded; they are human.To construct a scene or photograph I think about mood and the formal elements that the environment allows. With that, I pay close attention to lines and employing horizontal and verbal lines to frame the subject but also to visually entice the viewer. Light is paramount. I use warm tones and limited color palettes to create the overall ambiance of the image.
My photographs explore the relational connection between subject and space with subtle elements of emotion. The people I photograph and film are not models or professional actors. As a result there’s a certain innocence and subtle tension that is captured within the body language that become transparent in photograph. In order to bridge the emotion and aesthetics, I consider the body in relation to its environment and how it fits visually within the context of the space it occupies. I grapple with issues of personhood, identity with in context of societal place similar to the works of Carrie Mae Weems and Judith Joy Ross.