The images are compositions of photos superimposed over painted backgrounds, then finished off with digital alterations.

[My subjects] look lost because that is how I see life. I think we are all a bit lost, lost in a world we can't understand.

I use different media, but I still think as a painter. I organize my forms and colors on a screen like a painter does on a canvas.

I still think as a painter - especially in terms of structuring a picture... I carefully choose the models, costumes, requisites, and backdrops of my photographs.

My pictures are not really about the children that I photograph. They're more like actors in a film. I think you can always recognize the children, but they are alienated from their real appearance and become more like metaphors.

The images are compositions of photos superimposed over painted backgrounds, then finished off with digital alterations.

I trained as a painter, and I still love painting, but eventually I became aware that the physical aspect of painting didn't really suit me. I didn't enjoy working in the medium. It's very messy. I prefer to have it clean, with a nice computer.