They are, in part, an anthropological study on modern sexuality and eating habits and the myth, mystery and ritual that surrounds those habits. Americans are great consumers. Our society is dependent on it. We buy, ingest, dispose, destroy and then start all over again. I am interested in the way that people personalize and ritualize that process, becoming fixated on the objects of their desire, be it meat, sweets, alcohol, caffeine, or sex. I am documenting the most basic human emotional responses to the things we think we have to have.

This work is about personal reactions to a mass-market culture. These Images are about the way that all of the stuff that surrounds us affects us. Its about hunger, obsession, insecurity, power and waste. They are also about me. These images are emotional responses to the things I see. The world is full of magic and mystery and sometimes I find it a little scary. These photographs reflect that. In these images I take the role of the partial observer, watching from behind my camera. People remain anonymous yet visible. The subjects are survivors in a simple, ongoing, internal battle and so am I. Though my technique may first be perceived as strictly reportage, I sometimes use constructed situations, computer manipulation and selective burning and dodging techniques to skew the viewers perception, creating scenes that are at the same time real and fabricated.