These images, in the most basic sense, are compositions and color statements. More formally they all have a leitmotif. I take this raw material and apply a programmatic theme, but most are simply things that are interesting enough to record or recreate. Since people are involved there is always a sense of psychological juxtaposition. Because of the disconnectedness of these, they seem to exist in the same space because of the illusion I’ve created, but there is an underlying sense of alienation and sometimes a just beneath the surface anticipatory terror.

I’ve been interested in the skate park and skateboarders for a long time, but could never really figure out what to do with it. Only shooting for an hour or so each morning and a couple of late day visits, over a two week period, gave me a wealth of material all gathered on the same day in the same light with the same cast.

From a technical point of view, I have always found that my interest was in some sort of process manipulation, at first physical, later chemical and now digital. I don’t take photographs in the traditional manner. I see the process cinematically and then collect cast and locations separately.