How would you describe your style?
I don’t like posing. I’m trying to capture the essence of someone’s inner being. And you can’t capture that by posing because it becomes static. So my style is to capture moments of life within a second.
What drives you to make beautiful photographs?
It’s a lot. I love to imagine that I’m making my dreams become a reality. That sounds weird but I like making something that's abstract, surreal and hard to make sense of become real. Dreams don’t make sense but somehow there’s a message in them. When you put all that together in a picture, to make sense of it within a photo, that’s my aim.
What do you love about your work?
I like how it makes me feel when I see people’s relaxation, peace. There’s something that comes across about who they are, their expression of joy, sadness, anger. When I capture certain expressions, mostly candids, I say, wow, where did that come from? And it’s like a blessing.
What would you like someone to know about you?
Oh s**t, that’s hard. Whatever I present to you, I disappear and you become more. I’m not about you saying I made this great photo. I care about revealing you. I’m a platform to elevate your essence. My priority is about the subject and not about me.
Can you share one cool, interesting or weird thing about you?
I’m a mystery. You can’t figure me out. You can’t put me in a box, can’t label me. And I like it that way. People want to categorize you and you can’t do that with me. That gives me the freedom to create art. I think that’s my power in creating art.
