…there’s an element of fantasy and storytelling involved. It’s sometimes useful to compare this sort of work to a poem. In the same way that a poem can be based on a true story, a photo series can ‘reflect’ the true state of affairs. Equally, much like a poet has to think about rhyming verses and the type of vocabulary he uses, the photographer has to think about sequencing and editing in order to tell the right story in the appropriate aesthetic way. So it’s closer to a visual story than an academic paper and the purpose of the story is to engage whoever is reading it, or looking at it – in the case of photography.