As a kid, I got hooked on Edward Gorey’s morbid outlook and macabre style and learned to appreciate the ghoulish side of the everyday and find simplicity in lines and color. Yet I couldn’t entirely rely on the same ghastly wit that defined Gorey’s work. 

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I credit my parents for helping my creative side flourish as well as their huge collection of coffee table books, where I discovered the works of Diane Arbus and Saul Leiter.

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I studied how these photographers composed a shot to reveal beauty in the mundane and the dignity of outsiders. He was especially inspired by the Arbus quote,

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.”

From that, I found I loved the challenge of making in-between moments picturesque.