My approach has always been more like a film-maker than a still photographer. For over the last 20 years, just using my twins lens rolleiflex and a special color technique called the cross process, I have pursued my love for taking portraits and working with the narrative—narrative not as the unfolding of a simple story but rather as the building up of many different photo shoots of the same person, place or thing over a long or short period of time. Transience and sentimentality combined with storytelling, dress-up and make-believe have been the most obvious things that I do when putting together a portfolio. Joey/April, The Yellow Portfolio and Here Lies The Heart are all examples of portfolios that have taken years yet I still consider them works in progress. The sexual charge of male and female role playing as well as the romantic, intellectual and provocative documentaries that fuel my desire for taking photographs is constantly being inspired by the people I meet, the places I live and my favorite muse my dog pie.

JBG