Photographs have taught me that we must begin our journey through life with the deconstruction of society's characterization of beauty and end with our own conclusions on what defines the beautiful. The poor. The outcast. The bizarre. The brave. These are my beautiful. Within us all there is an impulse to view what makes us nervous, what breaks our hearts, or what provokes our morals; however, we often want to observe these occurrences from a distance rather than on the front lines themselves. I create these photographs (or...more
