Torque II results from the collision of curiosity with wanderlust. I once worked for a private detective where I learned not only to be sneaky but also to pay attention to detail, look for clues, scrutinize gestures, check how objects were positioned in a room, look for secrets, and construct narratives. So now I go out and stealthily corral information from the vibrant, noisy, jumbled, lively street life in Asia into a rectangle. My aim: to make images as — or even more — exciting, strange and lyrical in the frame as they were outside it.