Keys usually open doors, lockers, or even journals… mines open conversations.

I dropped sixty keys throughout town - from Little Haiti to North Miami. Each, labeled with my contact information. I offered to take their portrait to whoever found the key and made the decision to reach out. Some accepted the offer, and I invited them to join me in the studio for a session.

The photos were taken with a 4x5 view camera, an imposing object that claims attention. Yet, a lost key requires attention. I use that big camera because its form is fascinating to me and often to the ones portrayed with it. It requires concentration to set and to focus on the subject. It produces high-detail negatives that could be printed very large. The film sheets used are expensive. They take careful planning, exposing one by one.