Joyce is right, the universal is contained in the particular. To my way of thinking, there’s no better way to capture the particulars of this world than with the medium of photography. The ability of a camera to capture a slice of the world in front of you is interesting in and of itself. But great photographs do more than that; their particulars point to universals.

I photograph to explore the psychological depth of our inhabited landscape with the aim of capturing the emotions that flow under the surface of life. To a large degree I believe the ability to sense suffering, love, and the perception of beauty is what makes us human. In our increasingly isolated, technology-driven culture, my photographs convey such commonalities of experience and in doing so, remind us that we are not alone.