I've always been very intrigued by
surveillance and spying (maybe I watched too many James Bond
films when I was little).
I never felt comfortable photographing
people on the street, I felt I was being intrusive. I also liked
the idea of bringing a camera into places that were
forbidden. I
had a surveillance camera built into a bag and attached a video camera
to it. I was able to take still shots from the video camera using
a
remote. I would go into auctions, airports,
high end designer boutiques - just about any place where a camera was
forbidden.
It was a real challenge to take a
camera into places where a camera is forbidden and come up with
interesting imagery.