“Portrait taken on the set of a short film I directed titled ‘IF,’ which I created as a way to expand into motion. As a professional photographer, I have always known still imagery. However, my approach has always been closer to moving pictures in the way I direct talent through a scene and create storylines and scripts. For ‘IF,’ I chose to use a recording of a poem called ‘IF’ by Rudyard Kipling read by Dennis Hopper on The Johnny Cash Show as the backbone for this piece. I ran shooting like a bit of an open casting, inviting people to come in and interpret the poem’s words—and even create a character to act out. I directed them through these moments and created a short film from the footage.”