1 by 1

I always felt a strong pull to shoot at dusk. The hour that the French calls ”entre chien et loup”. I linger until the natural light shifts to an otherworldly balance with artificial light, when the day parts open the curtains of the theatrical night stage. 
Human beings metamorphosing into ghostly blurred silhouettes. This short-lived moment is the transition from clarity to mystery, from companionship to loneliness and from activity to rest.
 When I first moved to New York I was definitely attracted by the strong energy that emanates from the city. It felt truly unlike any other place I had known. After many years, however, other layers seem to surface. Beneath all the glittering lights, the high voltage energy of New York, a deep sense of solitude and disconnection emerge from the collection of images that I have gathered.
This contrast is fascinating and fuels my ongoing exploration. 1 by 1 refers to the number of human beings mostly seen in my images.
1 by 1 also relates to the lengthy process necessary to acquire one by one the images necessary to sketch my portrait of New York city.
1 by 1 reflects the solitude inherent to New York City.