Street photography depends on trust.
I photograph in public space and do not want to hide the fact that I am photographing. I do not want the camera to become a secret device, nor the person in front of it to become raw material.
What interests me is not exposure, ridicule, sensation or surveillance, but small human moments: gestures, routines, fragments of attention, traces of ordinary life.
These moments are often brief and easily missed, but they reveal something of how similar we are. When done well, the images remind us of ourselves.
At a time when so many of our expressions are captured by electronic surveillance and exploited by algorithms, my intention is not simply to 'take a photograph', but to 'give attention'.
New technology makes this more urgent. Cameras can now be hidden in glasses, phones, doorbells and devices that barely look like cameras at all. I believe photographers have a responsibility to remain visible and accountable.
This abundance of recording devices may create a painful contradiction in us. We all want, in some way, to be seen and recognized. But we do not want to be captured as data, watched without knowing, or reduced to material for systems we cannot see.
Can we really be seen as humans and not as data?
For me, photographing openly means this: I am present, I am responsible for the image, and I accept that the act of photographing is part of the encounter.