I Wonder How It Is That I’m

My Message For People To Not Take Anything For Granted, To Respect What They Might Not Understand.

I Don't Think I Can See The World Through Other People's Eyes, But I Can Capture An Attitude Or A Look That Makes Others Think I Can. I Have An Appreciation For Why People Choose To Look The Way They Do. But I Can't Know What They Experience.

Early In My Career, A Critic Said That I Needed To "explain" The Irony In My Work, Suggesting That I Needed To Add Text Next To The Images To Help People Understand What I Was Trying To Say. At First I Was Dismayed That I Wasn't Making Work With A Clear Enough Message. That's When I Realized That That Was The Exact Opposite Of What I Wanted To Do - That I Wasn't Responsible For A Misinterpretation Of My Work, That There Should Be Some Ambiguity To It. They Either Got It, Or They Didn't.

I Was Meticulously Copying Other Art And Then I Realized I Could Just Use A Camera And Put My Time Into An Idea Instead.

I’m Trying To Make Other People Recognize Something Of Themselves Rather Than Me.