WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME IF I DO STILLS I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. OF COURSE? NO? NOT IN THE WAY YOU MEAN? MAYBE IN THE WAY YOU MEAN? NOT IN THE WAY YOU’RE USED TO? NOT IN THE WAY THAT IS RIDICULOUS AND WASTEFUL AND UNNECESSARY* (*NOTE I TEND TO DRAMATIZE FOR COMEDIC IMPACT AND HOLDING ATTENTION. I ALSO FIND RIDICULOUSNESS FUN. AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND RIGHT TIME. BUT WHAT QUALIFIES RIGHT……] OF COURSE I SHOOT STILLS. I SHOOT 24 STILLS PER SECOND. SOMETIMES LESS. SOMETIMES MORE. I LIKE THE MOMENTS IN BETWEEN. SO I KEEP ROLLING. I OFTEN USE EVERY FRAME I’VE SHOT, AND EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT. I SHOOT CONTINUOUSLY. I SHOOT CONTINUOUSLY TO GET THE SHOT. I SHOOT CONTINUOUSLY TO GET THE SHOTS. I GET THE SHOTS. ISN’T IT BEAUTIFUL TO SEE MOTION FROZEN, LIGHT CAPTURED SWISHING PAST THE LENS, GRAIN MARKING ITSELF ON CELLULOID LIKE A PAINTERLY STROKE? I’M OBSESSED WITH IT. ANYWAYS, YES, I DO STILLS. STILLS THAT DEVOUR YOU. THAT YOU MELT INTO. THE CREVICES BETWEEN GRAIN AND PIXELS THAT YOUR GAZE SOFTENS TO DISREGARD BECOME VISCOUS HERE, SWALLOWING YOU UP? IN? COLORS BECOME ONE AND EVERY, SIMULTANEOUSLY; LIGHTNESS AND DARKNESS NOT FLIP SIDES OF THE SAME COIN BUT THE COIN ENTIRELY, MORPHED INTO A SPHERE WITH NO FLAT EDGES. SHOULD I BECOME A WRITER INSTEAD? DID YOU UNDERSTAND ANYTHING YOU JUST READ? I’D LOVE TO MAKE A 10 PAGE COVER STORY FOR YOUR PRINT MAG :) LET’S GO

ON THE OTHER HAND I ALSO SHOOT SNAPSHOTS. I DON’T THINK OF THIS AS A STILLS PRACTICE, THOUGH. TO ME, THIS IS DOCUMENTARY. IT IS REACTION. IT IS SPEED. IT IS MEMORY. IT IS COLLECTIVE. IT IS MARKING SOME THING SOME WHERE SOME TIME, TO HOLD. THESE PICTURES ARE NOT STILLS. THEY ARE FRAGMENTS OF LIFE THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ME OTHER THAN THAT I SAW THEM. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE CHOICE TO PUSH THE BUTTON OR NOT ANOTHER TIME IF YOU WANT TO.