I think that is what photographs are. They have, for me, never been about reality. But rather, an internal world.

To freeze reality, is to make it unreal. It is to take fluid time passing moments, and pause them, because for many of us, a particular moment when the lighting and subject matter come together, it is as though they have been conspiring, have been heading toward this one single definitive moment.

I have always thought that photography is the process of interpretation. I create images that mean something to me, but I have no control whatsoever on how others will view my work, and neither should I expect to. Because the simple fact that everyone will get something out of what I create, just proves that the imagery is always going to be interpreted. Photography is always interpretive, and therefore, totally subjective.

With that in mind, when we put our work out there, we have to accept that it has now become public property. We no longer have any control over it. That choice is in the viewer’s hands. Also, I think this is just a beautiful thing because, it means others create their own ‘dream state’, if they are moved by the work.

That is when I came to realise that photography is interpretive. What I feel of my work, and what I think of it is just my own interpretation. What others see and feel, is entirely up to them.

And so, I have pretty much come to the conclusion that photography is personal. Since I cannot control how anyone else will view my work, I have realised that I am doing it for myself. Because it means something to me. Knowing this, gave me freedom to do what I want to do.

And what I want to do, is find and explore my own inner world, because it is where I live within my dreams.