Three photos, shot in order and back-to-back.

All that separates these two strangers is glass, metal and $10 roses:

There's nothing like the look of loneliness to make you feel desperately connected.

Sometimes I make such intimate portraits because they make my distance more present and palpable.

Loneliness is my heaviest-handed sentiment.

It is a craft, it is a pleasure.

It is a drug.