“I felt honored to photograph Neko Case—a brilliant, creative and fascinating artist with an extraordinary career—for The Guardian. Sometimes the possessions my subjects surround themselves with or the things we encounter during a shoot spontaneously inspire my work. On the way out of Neko’s Vermont farm, I saw some fabric draped over a painting and asked her if I could place it on her head for a portrait. She said yes. It’s one of my favorite images from our sitting.”