Exquisite Arts Magazine Vol 6- Summer Issue- July 2017 | 页面 7

“As an artist, I like to explore the idea of storytelling. I’ve always been drawn to grand stories and myths that
are almost fantastical in a sense. Whether it be creating my own characters or taking a preexisting story and
skewing it, I tend to leave it almost ambiguous enough that the viewers are forced to use their imagination
and attach their own stories to my work. I use photography as a medium to bring my stories to life. Working
in black and white photography, has challenged me when it comes to developing ideas that would be
successful in black and white. The process for my work tends to take a more fantastical style and has evolved
from reading and being told stories growing up as s child. As kids in my family, we were always encouraged
to develop our imaginations. Reading a lot of books or being told stories from my ancestors, allowed me to
place myself in a story that was never mine. A lot of projects I work on, all come from inspirations of literary
stories I’ve read or come across in my life. I was once told by someone that nothing is ever really thought up
from pure imagination, everything is made from inspiration, and I hold truth to that statement with every
one of my pieces.”