The theme for my photo book is stories-- specifically the contrasts I can see in myself and my experiences throughout my life story. A photo is only ever a snapshot, but there is always an entire string of occurrences that happen before a piece of film is ever imprinted with an image.
I took images that have a strong impact for me, and combined them in contrasting ways on every page. I put these images on a backdrop of newsprint because I liked the idea that we are surrounded by stories everywhere: in news, in people, in books, in plays. On the cover I signed my name because I liked the idea that we are not defined by one single aspect of ourselves-- I may do theatre and relish in the double entendre that is the line "What's in a name?" but it is not what defines me. Just as memory is the sum of its parts of knowledge past and present, so is man.
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