Maya, Zia and Ashling, New York 1989

The people photograph are often those for whom negative or tragically simple attitudes have been formed by a majority of our society.  My subjects struggle to understand their existence, and my work attempts to describe the manifestations of their struggle in a personal style.  In an age of technology and urbanization I am drawn to the boundaries, to people whose existence is self-defined.  I look for people who can't or don't want to fit. I also photograph the heroic as I define it and sometimes I photograph someone because I'm attracted to the way they look. –Artist statement