STATEMENT:  The series Places I Never Lived is an exploration of the way that people put their mark on the world. While photographing the facade of each house in a sleuth-like fashion, I fantasize about who lives there and what life is like on the inside. It is not spying or voyeurism. It is about imagining my life in a different place.

At the same time what draws me to these places is the echo of a human presence, even though people themselves are absent. Inevitably, a barrier exists between each house and me. Carefully groomed landscaping or fencing can block my way as completely as can a cluster of trees or untrimmed hedges. This, however, only adds to the seductiveness of the place.  And that only reinforces my questions: Who lives in these houses? And who would I be if I lived there?