Regarding "City at night," at first I just wanted to exploit these deep blacks and somewhat surreal nighttime skies I get by shooting black and white at night in the city.  Then I saw the potential of a story about a young woman discovering or creating and, in any case, asserting her identity in a city.  There are so many young women in New York City, who are here from elsewhere, and my daughter is of the same age and I see this tension of place, childhood, and adulthood that I find fascinating, scary and alluring. "On the lam" is a more specific and literal take on identity transformation, using a story of a women on the lam for some reason.  And I wanted a particular color look to the story that, again, is rooted in movies.

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