My current photographs are of a small carnival that comes every summer to the Tuileries Garden in Paris. Its magical quality derives, in part, from its small size and the lack of loud music and metal barriers that are so common in many carnivals. It is exciting to photograph there at the time of twilight when the lights from the rides and the last light of the sky compete for attention. The color of the lights and the excitement of rides brings back childhood memories and moments when fiction and reality merge in color. I am interested in the quality of light created by the blending of natural and artificial light. The collision of shapes, colors, and temperature of light parallel my response to “La fete des Tuileries.” The flat surface and the illusion of space are used against and with each other in making an image.