Artist’s Statement

I began exploring the concept of space at a young age when I attended George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet in New York. As a ballet dancer, I explored space with my arms, legs, torso and feet. I occupied space, then exited space. I was isolated, then part of a larger whole. There was always a visual choreography, not just to our bodies, but to the air that surrounded our bodies. As a photographer I strive to capture not only the emotional impact of my subject, but also the visceral imprint of the negative spaces in which my subject exists. It is this intangible aspect that fascinates me, the power of these voids to agitate, calm, or unsettle our psyche. How the sheer proximity of one person or object to another, or to nothing, can become the essence of the image, the catalyst for the reaction of the observer.