I'm always interested in finding new aesthetic problems to deal with and challenge myself, even if the aesthetic problem is one of content.

If I only try to solve the problems I set for myself, then I'm limited by what I can conceive of. I can't solve a problem I can't conceive. But if someone else gives me a visual problem, it can be out of the whole realm of my normal practice.

The context in which a photograph is seen affects the meaning the viewer draws from it.

The danger is that you can wind up doing tourist pictures. I want to see it fresh and see the little bits of everyday life that a native might take for granted, but that are special to the place, while at the same time, not taking a picture that would be a tourist cliché.

I realize that as I get more experience as I get older, my perception changes and that feeds the photograph.

I wanted to make pictures that felt natural, that felt like seeing, that didn’t feel like taking something in the world and making a piece of art out of it.

A lot of the photography I'm doing and thinking about is directed at Instagram.