My Work Comes First, Reasons

I'm Not A Performer, In That I Don't Like The Public, But I Work In That Respect.

I Have Worked With This Red All Over The World - In Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - A Vein Running Round The Earth. It Has Taught Me About The Flow, Energy And Life That Connects One Place With Another.

My Approach To Photograph Is Kept Simple, Almost Routine. All Work, Good And Bad, Is Documented. I Use Standard Film, A Standard Lens And No Filters. Each Work Grows, Strays, Decays-integral Parts Of A Cycle Which The Photograph Shows At Its Height, Marking The Moment When The Work Is Most Alive. There Is An Intensity About A Work At Its Peak That I Hope Is Expresses In The Image. Process And Decay Are Implicit.

Some Of The Snowballs Have A Kind Of Animal Energy. Not Just Because Of The Materials Inside Them, But In The Way That They Appear Caged, Captured.

Occasionally I Have Come Across A Last Patch Of Snow On Top Of A Mountain In Late May Or June. There's Something Very Powerful About Finding Snow In Summer.