When you go to an event, not every movement has a memory, unless it's captured, unless it's photographed. When I’m covering an event, I’m there, but I wouldn’t say I’m a part of it, I’m not there to be anything more than a ghost. I’m there to observe it from the other side of my lens. Capturing those fleeting moments that disappear as quickly as they happen. What’s going on around me becomes the e
nvironment and I’m shooting what I see. It almost becomes a form of street photography where I try to get more candid moments than just photos of the event itself. By mixing the two, what I do may fit better as documentary photography but by simply asking someone to take their photo I incorporate portraiture. By combining everything together I’m able to make it feel more personal not just to the individuals there but to those hosting the event.
