What inspired you to start publishing books?
I learned about photography from looking at books. Gallery shows and museums are wonderful, but you are limited by what is shown near you, or what you get to see when you travel to other cities. So books have always been important to me. When I discovered the series of "Leaving and Waving" photos that I taken, I knew that a book could be the perfect way to show the photographs. You turn a page, you move forward in time, and the story develops. Time created the sequence of the photos and it was easy to tell this story in book form.
What draws you to the photobook as a format?
A photobook is more than a book of photos. A photobook becomes an art object in itself. You have the photos, then you have the book design, and together you make something new: a photobook!
How has your practice changed over time?
I have learned a great deal by going back into my archive and revisiting images that I dismissed as not good enough. I have found some new gems. That was especially true when I dug into my negatives to find all the possible images we could consider for "Relative Moments." So many photos in that book were ones that I had not considered worthy of printing at the time I took them.
What's a book you've been involved with that surprised you — either in how it came together or how it landed?
Well, I certainly never expected "Leaving and Waving" to bring about television and radio interviews for me. That was a nice surprise!
What's next for you?
I'm interested in handmade books. I took a bookbinding class many years ago. I want to try that again.