“Just integrate photography so radically where it disappears from your day-to-day life.”
“Photography is merely a way for me to affirm my life, to say yes with the click of the shutter.”
“99% of contemporary photography culture is noise. The 1% signal is within your heart.”
“It’s not about fitting yourself in a box and working on this story, this theme, this contrived narrative.”
“The idea is to use photography beyond photography.”
“Photography is merely a vehicle that gets you closer to the moment that keeps you here right now.”
“The most impactful photographs are the ones that go unnoticed.”
“The quiet moments. The personal moments. The ones that carry emotional weight.”
“I think about photography as a way for me to unlearn everything.”
“There’s such a mystery of everyday existence that I think we overlook.”
“When you really sit back and relax and allow your mind to go fallow, you become more grateful for life generally.”
“Life is a video game. Just explore, have fun, interact with people.”
“I’m not hunting. I’m not looking. I’m not trying to say anything.”
“If anything, I’m just trying to discover new things.”
“I’m trying to uncover the mystery of everyday life.”
“What I seek to achieve through this practice is surprising myself.”
“I’m craving the surprise of the medium.”
“You have to surrender yourself to the medium.”
“What is out of my control is the light.”
“What I’m in control of is waking up with eagerness and enthusiasm for life.”
“Through playing more, through letting go, and forgetting everything I think I know.”
“When you recognize that you know nothing, you kind of just let go.”
“This medium is a way for you to cultivate a way of being.”
“A way of engaging with everyday life and affirming your existence.”
“Just waking up in the morning and pushing your rock uphill.”
“You smile when it rolls back down each night because you know you’re gonna come back out in the morning and push it right back up again.”
“Photography has nothing to do with photography.”
“I’m not trying to tell stories.”
“I’m just simply there, prepared with my camera, photographing my way through my everyday life.”
“Trying to discover what life looks like when you photograph it.”