I’ve had brushes with cameras in the past, but I really got into photography after I started using a Pentax ME Super that my grandmother gave me. I’ve since moved onto digital.

My mind is too sporadic to focus on a single message. If I thought about that kind of stuff, I’d never shoot anything. I’d freak out. It’s more about finding what is visually appealing to myself and how far out of my comfort zone I am willing to go at the time. If you look back, you can definitely put two and two together, and that’s what makes everything more organic; that I didn’t purposely try to convey anything.

I just spent eight months playing video games and hardly making anything. I feel like I’ve got some built up creativity from that. Occasionally I have an idea that I put planning into. Those images are easy to spot (Road lines, Going Nowhere, etc.) but due to my spontaneity, most of my work is thought up while I’m shooting. I rely heavily on the location to carry the image through.

I feel like I’ve lost control of a lot of aspects in my work. I don’t always know what to title my photos and I don’t always know much about the characters or what they are doing at the time I created the image. I do, however, have a larger understanding of what works for me and what doesn’t. 

I grew up in the city, but spent the summers in the countryside. From that, I’ve developed a sort of mixed relationship with both environments. I can’t be in either places for too long or I feel trapped.

It depends on the image. I put most of my photos through extensive retouching to give them a cleaner look and feel.

I don’t. Usually, the photographs I take are to accomodate the colors of the clothing I or my models are wearing. 

I started doing it out of vanity in a way. Some of my first self-portraits are quite embarrassing and probably showcase my underlying narcissism. On the flip side, I did and still do self-portraits because it allows me to think really critically about an image without expensing someone else’s time.