8th Avenue Villa

Urban Tales This project is a series of candid portraits of strangers made on the streets of New York City. I prefer to capture transitory scenes on the street without the knowledge of the subject so that the expression, gesture and/or movement are authentic. I go out with no expectations of subject matter other than looking for a moment, which elicits some emotion that I respond to with the subject, it is mainly driven by an internal signal that connects me to the subject or situation. The resulting photograph is real for the subject/s as well as myself, yet it may not be a truthful representation of what actually occurred. New York has been a place that I can wander the streets relatively inconspicuously and feel as if I am part of a bigger society. The people in the photographs all possess a characteristic, gesture, or physical trait that I identify as part of my own story. The series is a composite of pieces of my life – a self-portrait.