100

For months now I've been languishing over a photography project I've been wanting to undertake but couldn't define. While I feel being an artist is about freedom, at the same time I believe that you need a cohesive vision when beginning a project.

People have always been my favorite subject. I love the interaction and the connection that's formed when working one on one with another person. So I knew the project was going to be a series of portraits, but I lacked the focus I needed to really get the ball rolling. Over the past few weeks, I finally came up with the blueprint for what I believe will be my most significant work of my career (so far). The project is called 100.

100 will ultimately become a series of one hundred portraits of one hundred different people. But the real "hook" of the project is that each person in the project will be a different age, with each representing one year. As a result, the final series will feature portraits of one hundred people from ages 1 to 100. Ultimately, I would like to have the series featured in an art book and I'll also be looking into the prospect of some gallery showings.

I'm still finalizing the little details, such as whether I should shoot everyone in the series against a particular type of backdrop, whether to use studio lighting or natural, etc. but now that I've developed the "big picture", I'm sure the rest will quickly fall into place. I can't wait to begin and as always I'll post updates on the blog as the project progresses.