"The subject of my work varies a lot but the aesthetic is the connecting tissue. I’m interested in lines and shape and colour, those are my philosophy."

"In my photography I rarely feel like shouting, it's more about introversion, silence and hoveringwithin the moment. I’m interested in "hidden" things..."

"The time for young photographers to be more political, more environmental and more project driven is now. It’s a chance to help reshape the world"

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"Basically, good portrait photography is like good storytelling; you can make a good story (or a good photograph) of a pebble if you understand its contours..."

"The sparsely populated mountains and grasslands of the Southwestpresent a vastly different scale of distance and familiarity for most of us. Here, a driveway can be seven miles of dirt..."