These are images from my newest body of work , entitled 'A Fortiori'. I have always been interested in the fact that a photograph is subject to evolution throughout time. As years go by, the purpose, meaning, and effect of a photograph are forced to change with the world around them. An image taken for documentary purposes, for example, can eventually take on a more iconic meaning. A family snapshot has the ability to become ironic or more sentimental as the family develops. These images explore that concept. By altering the condition of the photograph using lighting, cropping, folding, and combining images, then ultimately rephotographing the image, I create a new purpose for them; I give them new life, and new importance.