People, as defined by their communities, command much of my interest. Over the past several years, my work has centered on a theme of imprisonment—for reasons of crime, bad luck, or nature. Under the maternal care of the state, people lack the freedom and liberties afforded most individuals living in the United States. As subjects share housing, therapies, and uncertain destinies, real (or virtual) communities are created.
Because of my interest in the individuals that compose larger matrixes, this work is heavily grounded in portraiture. Faces become the over-arching “establishing shots,” and environment scenes are secondary. I think there is more to see in the eyes than in the architecture.
I try to reach a public audience that can use my images as a source of meaningful dialog and debate. It is my hope that as viewers look at the people and their confinements in my images, they consider some of the messy and complicated issues surrounding such a great number of people who live, laugh, and suffer in exile—hidden from view.
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