One of my earliest memories is of sitting next to my grandmother at her sewing machine. She was "helping" me to sew a quilt for my teddy bear. We carefully chose the fabrics, cut them into squares and sewed them together with a thick red thread.

Years later my sewing skills remain the same; the scraps of fabric have transformed into photographs, and I play the role of the red thread.

My work is an examination of self and environment. I am interested in people and the way we interact with our surroundings. Whether I am constructing an image to illustrate a social issue, photographing my neighborhood or a foreign land, I use the camera to quilt together seemingly disparate concepts, allowing the viewer to marinate with the ideas and come to their own conclusions. My attempt as the sewer is perhaps to prick the finger, but not necessarily draw blood.