My images are personal visions of selected moments in time. A professional photographer's work is intended for publication and must therefore transcend the personal.

Most of my photographs are not merely collected but pre-conceived in careful detail. This is achieved through assiduous research, deep immersion with people and environments, and crafting the best techniques to realize the pre-visualised image for an authentic narrative. Such commitment often requires spending weeks or months gaining the necessary knowledge and trust of a subject to tell their story.

I'm not a parlor photographer. I go to places I would never venture otherwise and do things I would not do for love nor money. I've endured shivering cold, crossed scorching deserts, moved through sweltering jungles, and lugged heavy equipment to heights beyond the clouds—all driven by the zeal to capture images I see in my mind. I've climbed the masts of tall ships in storms, crawled through mud with a python, become part of the insect food chain, mingled with tigers, and operated in violent typhoons. I don't work in a studio capturing images in comfort and control. To get the exposures I want, I have to expose myself.

The glass eye allows me to observe people without staring and to document their lives and habitats in mostly harsh, but sometimes plush environments. It offers a way to experience life up close—a ticket to the best seat for any moment in time.

The most gratifying exposures are often those where I was most vulnerable to man, beast, or the elements.