O P E N T O I N T E R P R E T A T I O N

In the last few years I have turned my lens towards my inner world. After a long career in fashion and editorial photography, this sort of circular homecoming was inevitable as I became more comfortable with the uncertainties of life. I use a technical view camera, the digital-age version of the 8x10, which allows me to use the skills accumulated during my years of work. This equipment also forces me to slow down in a deliberate process of thoughts as I am constructing a still life in my head and in front of my lens. Such a fluid approach is both liberating and stimulating while it gives space to my emotions. I compose and photograph as a spectator of my own unconscious rather than let the vigilance of my reason take over. Sometimes, I try to explain to myself the strange and disparate concoctions suggested by my imagination but mostly, I am left with more questions than answers. Hopefully the viewer will discover explicit or diffuse associations that may or may not have anything to do with my intentions, but the symbols are all there for the audience's choosing, all “Open to Interpretation.” For this reason, you are welcome to write a word, or a few, of reaction after examining each print.