conceptual portraiture

I began my “creative” photographic journey with conceptual self-portraiture back in 2005, before selfie sticks, camera phones, and AI. It was a much more involved process back then from concept to execution, which gave me the space and time to reflect deeply on my intention for, and motivation behind, each creation. The more involved the process the more I would question the “why” behind the desire, and the deeper I would travel into the shadows of my mind. I’ve learned that our access to truth is always filtered through our subjective perception, and meaning isn’t inherent, we create it. There is no objective truth and there is no objective reality, and yet we are all trying to convince each other that what we are seeing and feeling is real. This, to me, is the human condition.