I have always wanted to be an artist of some sort. When I picked up a camera for the first time it was initially intended as a means to another end. But the more I photographed, the more the images became the finished thing. I fell in love with the medium, the history, the masters, the work.

Visual eloquence is important to me. The portrait is fascinating. I look at the person I am photographing and wonder what is going on with them. I want to see  them through the eyes of someone who loves them. Pretty soon I disappear and all that is left is the person in front of the camera.