While exploring Eric Kaluzny’s website, one is presented not just with a series of captivating photographs, but also with a whole universe of stories. His portfolio shows a wide range of styles and subjects, from captivating portraits to haunting and barren landscapes to documentary photography. What links them is a propensity towards story telling – the kind that forces you to interpret using your own deeply personal and perhaps slightly odd experiences. In one portrait, an older man looks at the camera from a living room chair. The chair is part of a set, whose match sits empty nearby. In another portrait, a young woman appears dreamlike and ethereal as she stares into the distance.

Andrew Weir: Can you tell us a bit about yourself?
Eric Kaluzny: I like the more simple things, but I want that simple thing to tell a story. I want feelings to come out. I want someone to relate to the stories in my photos with feelings inspired by events in their own lives.

I went to college for photography. It was alright; it wasn’t the best.