I've always been fascinated by the distance between who we are, who we pretend to be, and who we might become if we gave ourselves permission.

The stories we tell. The roles we play. The things we reveal, conceal, or occasionally get away with.

Photography is a wonderful excuse to explore all of it.

I'm drawn to curious people. People with imagination, a sense of adventure, and perhaps a few ideas they haven't shared in polite company.

Sometimes the work is intimate. Sometimes theatrical, mischievous, or unapologetically provocative.

But the photographs are only part of the story. What interests me just as much is the relationship. The conversation, the trust, the pleasure of discovering something together.

I don't believe a portrait has to reveal some essential truth. Sometimes the most revealing thing we can do is invent an entirely new one.

And occasionally, it's simply a marvelous excuse to misbehave.

If something in the work speaks to you, I'd be interested to hear why.

— Spencer