PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ACT OF MY MOST CHILD-LIKE, APPRECIATIVE LOVE.

CAMERAS KNOW ME BETTER THAN I KNOW

MYSELF. THEY REVEAL MY FOOLISH BEHAVIOR

AND AMATEUR EYE. IMAGES I FEEL HAD NO

PROMISE HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE.               

HOW I PHOTOGRAPH ALWAYS MEANS MORE TO ME THAN WHAT I PHOTOGRAPH.

EVERYTHING MUST BE NEAT, PACKED TIGHT, AND READY TO MOVE AT ANY MOMENT.

I WISH I SPENT LESS TIME TRYING TO SOUND CLEVER AND MORE TIME JUST BEING

HONEST.                                                                                                                           

DO SOME IMAGES BECOME LONELY?                 

IS A STORY ENOUGH TO COMFORT AN IMAGE?     

MORE THAN ANYTHING, I AM TERRIFIED OF STAGNATION, WHICH IS FUNNY, BECAUSE                               

I SEEM TO LOVE LEAVING TOO FAST TO REMEMBER ANYTHING.                                                          

I WILL HAVE THE GREATEST CONNECTION WITH THE IMAGES I

HAVEN’T PHOTOGRAPHED. THEY EXIST PERFECTLY IN MY

PRIVATE, NAIVE WORLD.                                      

I MAY NEVER TAKE THEM.                                      

CLUTTER HAS NO PLACE IN MY MIND OR MY HEART. I WANT INTENTION, AND I HOPE TO WANT NOTHING MORE.

I WANTED PHOTOGRAPHY TO SHOW ME THE WORLD

AND TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE THROWN MY CAMERA AWAY.

NEVER MIND THAT.                                                      

MY LIFE NEVER MAKES SENSE TO ME.                                       

IT’S FULL OF MOMENTS THAT BLUR AND DETACH                    

WITHOUT REMORSE.                                                                       

I’VE ALWAYS YEARNED FOR STILLNESS.                                

FOR MY MEMORIES TO BE TIDY, GROUNDED,                              

COMPOSED.                                                                                      

I CREATE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SIMPLE, SURREAL.                              

ELEGANCE, TO ALIGN THE WORLD,                                                 

AND KEEP IT STILL.                                                                           

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