“I wanted to delve deeper than the individuality of the people and try and capture the essence of puberty as a developmental phase of life.”

“Astronomy, referred to as Star Knowledge, plays an important role in traditional Lakota cultural identity. Lakota Star Knowledge holds that the heavens and earth mirror each other.”

“The objects are found and often altered by me, and tend to show the marks of time. I select and combine them in a way that I hope brings out the visual resonance they produce together.”

“I desire to share the beauty I see with the hope that once the magnificence of this planet and its amazing creatures is seen, the desire to preserve and protect it will find expression in the viewer.”

“Pushing traditional boundaries of photography, oil painting and narrative text, I combine them to create a unique hybrid that confronts today’s individual and societal issues.”

“Objects in the house that are mundane and utilitarian: cleaning supplies, electronic parts and construction materials — objects that might be associated with femaleness or maleness.”

“My fine art photography is still and direct, and closely parallels my meditation practices.”

“These photos depict a visual equivalent to what I imagine experiencing these playgrounds as a child might have felt like, or, at least, what the recollection of that experience might look like today.”

“The mathematical relationships among the buildings, the collisions of lines, the confusions of space and depth, the visual interactions of several structures at once, all are spellbinding.”

“When I visit my childhood home, I absorb the ingredients: the flavors of dishes, and the same furnishings, photographs, knick–knacks, and worn kitchen tools that have been there since well before I was born.”

“What inspires me is the emptiness in the urban landscape and in the great American spaces. I like repetitions, I like series, and I like driving around.”

“My family experienced the economic loss of property, the shame and indignation of incarceration, and the task of re-integration into American society after release from the WWII concentration camps.”