生活的環境,經驗和背景會影響我們的個性和想法。我常常在想是什麽因素讓我有現在的思想。一定是很多因素合作才讓我有今天的自己。
攝影來説的話，多年來為了找尋照片的意義及照片是否有趣的理由，因此鼓勵我一直拍照，結果收集了很多照片。每一個照片背後都有自己的故事，就像是自己腦海裡的記憶。
我去拍照的時候都會碰到許多境遇。常常好像是以前曾經碰到過的境遇。雖然每一次去拍照都可以獲得新的攝影經驗，但有時感覺好像我以前曾經遇到過這些境遇或時刻。境遇的光線，可以觸及自己的記憶，讓我有一種似曾相識的感覺。
從我開始攝影前我也有這樣的感覺，但不是因爲拍照，是因為記憶。現在我還是常常有這樣的感覺，也就是説就算我遇到一些不同的境遇或情況，但還是有一點像以前的記憶。也許是說儘管不一樣的地方不一樣的人，可是還是有一些因素是似曾相似的。因此可以說我們生活的事會互相連接。誰知道意義是什麽？
以此類推，可以說攝影就像生活。我們現在遇到的境遇跟以前的記憶會有関係，同時拍的時刻也會有同樣的關係。因此可以說我們對生活的了解和對攝影的了解是有相互關係嗎？如果花時閒了解生活就會比較了解攝影嗎？可以透過對攝影的了解開始了解生活嗎？如果是的話，就可以說這兩者之間相互提供洞察的眼光。
Inevitably, in this world, we bring with us a host of experiences that change who we are, that made us whom we are today. I often times think back to how it is that I came to be the person that I am now. So many things had to come together for me to be doing what I am doing, to be who I am.
Photographically speaking, for years on end now I have been fascinated with the idea of putting four simple edges around a situation and finding meaning or interest in it. This fascination has led me to continually pursue that endeavour, and over time I have accrued images, similar in some ways to the memories in my mind. Each image brings with it a certain circumstance or chance behind its creation.
I find myself, on the streets, with a camera. Surrounding me are all sorts of situations taking place. I have seen many of them before. As fresh as the photographic experience is everytime that I am out there, In some ways, I feel as though I continually relive things; a particular look, particular lighting, whatever it may be. Moments appear, disappear, reappear. Life is like that. Photography is like that.
Long before I spent so much time using cameras to make images, I had similar experiences with memories, and still do. It seems that often times in this world that we relive experiences. Maybe the cast of characters changes, but somehow there exists an inherent connection between moments in our lives. There is a certain relationship that serves to link events in our lifetime, that brings us throughout life, with connections to the past, present, and future. The meaning of it all likely supersedes the knowledge of all humanity, but the simple existence of such connection alone perhaps provides for its own meaning.
With this in mind, I once again reflect back on photography, on my experiences capturing light to illuminate the moments presented to me. There is a connection between those moments. In this way photography is somewhat a microcosm of life itself. Perhaps tomorrow there will be joy or sadness on the streets we walk? Maybe three centuries ago similar moments occurred. The difference lies in the fact that here we are today, with cameras, able to in some sense capture an essence of the atmosphere around us.
In the same way that we have connections in our mind between experiences of the here and now, and experiences of the past, so to do our photographs offer such inherent connections. Perhaps one individual photograph in itself could present a viewer with endless meaning? Yet over time, and combined with memories from life itself, photographs begin to exhibit endless amounts of interesting connections. In this way, individual photographs and photography in general are incredibly relevant to life itself. Perhaps one can help provide a certain level of insight into the other?