"INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE MANUAL COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE PLAIN,
THE BLUES ARE STILL REQUIRED."

In the spring of 2000 my wife of three years left. Involved with various vises, we had problems, but the move was
sudden and complete. I was fresh out of school. The dot com bubble had just burst. Work cut my hours in half.
Being broke and emotionally devastated I needed help, I needed a therapist. Not having any money,I turned to
the one thing I knew best; I picked up my camera and started shooting. I set out to document every moment of
my life. I wanted to shine a spotlight on myself, my lovers, my addictions, my obsessions, all to see if by looking
into the mirror, I could fix things. I shot non-stop for 6 months.

This page is an edit of that larger work. It came about one night when I was talking with Gerald Slota
about the idea of obsession. Armed with that idea and a huge stack of work prints, Gerald started sorting
the images in a rapid, near stream of consciousness manor. In under 10 minutes he pulled together this edit.

OBSESSION