The artist approaches photography with the sensibilities and concerns of an object maker, and the relationship between sculptural and photographic forms is a major force at play in his work. He calls attention to the surface of the paper, emphatically challenging the notion of a photograph as a window into the world. The imperfections visible in his constructions are the antithesis of the glossy perfection of so much photography today. Instead he shares an affinity with painters or sculptors--those that spend time making things in the studio. He first creates three-dimensional sculptures made from collages of printed digital imagery borrowed from magazines and the Internet, and then photographs them with a 4 x 5 view camera. With these appropriated materials, his subjects and compositions reference Modernist masters like Picasso, Dalí, Matisse, and Cézanne. Text extract by Eva Respini, Associate Curator, Museum of Modern Art.