everybody knew everything

By choosing to elevate the aspects of life that are uncom-fortable, I’m addressing my fears without addressing them. I’m hiding the ugly with the ugly. My thinly veiled at-tempts to conceal are really only exaggerations that hide.These exaggerations simultaneously reflect my personality and my fears. I am unsure how to do anything on a small scale, and it is my my intent that my work doesn’t either.

I take photographs because the world I’ve created is better than the world I live in. It’s not necessarily a nicer place, but it’s a place that I can understand. It’s a place where loss can actually be drowned by things, that all that glitters is really gold. It’s a place where letting go is unnecessary and pain is just a precursor to pleasure.

I take photographs because I’m afraid of what it means to step outside the world that I’ve created. I’d much rather invite you in.

everybody knew everything

a photo por t fo l io by paige berry