I photograph people, or rather... I only take portraits of important people in my life. I use the camera to explore my relationships, and use the time to focus on celebrating them. I photograph close friends and family. I give it my all. I try to seize yet another definitive moment with my subjects so that I can capture it on film. Our shared past, present, and future inspire me to shoot. I know them through the lens. We create moments together as we shoot. And, I usually always photograph them in mid-sentence. In the past I would hang on to smiles, whispers, a joke they told me once... I love making portraits. We worked for hours on end to meet photography half way. I am almost always successful because I can recreate what I know. But, I have become too comfortable with that.
My current work pushes me as an image maker, it is strictly about my subjects. No interaction from me, just a direction to sit still. I photograph ears. No distractions with smiles, or eyes, or wrinkles. Silently I let time pass. My subjects and I have a new relationship. The camera breaks the silence when I am struck by a moment where a single photo of their ear inspires a story.