My photo essay concept started with the statement "Left Behind" keeping in mind all the things that get left behind in the course of the day. The things we forget, the things we drop for something more important.
However, it slowly involved into a series of events followed by evidence the event occurred. It was much more fulfilling to document someone else's journey than to document my own. I wanted to start and end the set with the same place but with different light; one more forgiving than the other. The story just evolved with the pictures and I am proud that none of them were staged.
A young man of 23 years of age wake up every morning to the same reality. He rinses off the dirt in a scalding hot shower and makes himself food. He rarely does the dishes and by rarely I mean a month by month basis. The smell lingers and is a constant reminder of what is gone.
To distract himself from his lack of a solid reality, he has people visit and they all light up smoking marijuana and trying to escape from their lives. But soon, the pot is gone, and he is deserted. But she stays, and they do not clean up. The buzz wears off and he medicated himself again just to get through the night. Which he does, with her by his side. It doesn't matter who they are, they just are. They are stuck in this swiftly moving and standard reality. Nothing changes for them because they will not change it.
http://flickr.com/photos/26920055@N05/sets/72157605690816164/
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