I submitted some photos to Jen Bekman's Hey, Hot Shot [link] competition. Here's what I had to say about my work:

In Spring 2003, I decided to borrow my roommate’s dust-gathering Pentax K1000 to scratch a creative itch that had been slumbering at least since Junior High. I began by photographing my friends and the usual urban landscapes of street corners and subway platforms. The more photos I took, the more I felt compelled to focus on faces; I felt – like the inner portrait artist in all of us – compelled to carefully study and share an intimate perception of the many unique personalities I encountered every day. So as my photography has progressed, I’ve continued to focus, though not exclusively, on portraits. More specifically, as you can see in my submission, I’ve focused on female portraiture. This choice is due to an innate fascination as well as an intellectual and social curiosity about the role of feminine beauty in contemporary Western society. To what extent has our idea of feminine beauty been constructed by mass media? And to what extent is our own personal and intuitive perception of beauty still relevant? I hope that I’ve let these curiosities bleed into my work beyond female portraiture, including my landscapes. At the broadest level, I aspire to discover an exquisite simplicity in my subjects, where their natural beauty can be appreciated without assistance or the benefit of affectation.