How and when did the concept of horror photography start interesting you?
I started making horror photographs in 2003. They evolved from an interest in Jungian psychology and the iconography of fairy tales. I would read fairy tales to my daughters at night, and wanted to create a series of photographs based on fairy tale imagery. While working on this project I realised that many classic fairy tales archetypes such as the witch, the ogre, the monstrous wolf; also existed in modern horror films. This change of perspective — that horror films are like modern fairy tales, caused my work to move in a new direction. I decided to utilise these archetypes to create photographs that would tap into universal fears via the personal unconscious. I wanted to find monsters and memories that frightened you as a child, drag them out into the light of day, and take pictures of them.