I make art about something I know well, me. From an early age I always felt out of place and that I didn’t belong. I felt that there was something wrong with me. After a long struggle I discovered that I was the only one that thought that, I was holding myself back. Something had to change, so one day I turned the camera around on myself and began to transform my life.

I started by looking at myself in a mirror for the first time in years. I began to realize that my weight has affected my self-esteem and my physical health to a point where it cannot be ignored. Instead of trying to hide it, I pinched it, pulled it, and after a long struggle I eventually stood proudly in front of the camera.

There is a progression in this work that started by distorting my body in the photographs. I tried to heighten the uneasiness of looking at an obese nude male because that is how I felt. As I repeatedly to photographed my body, I started to feel more comfortable. I slowly pulled the camera back more and more until my face had become part of the photograph.
More recently, I continued to evolve this idea to explore other ways of using photography to discover myself. I realized that I am an emotional eater and that certain foods have an unhealthy role in my life. I am a food addict. I am tired of being fat. I am tired of being tired.