I was still shooting B&W film when first featured early on in F-Stop, and would do so till 2016 when I decided that digital had finally ‘matured,’ and bought a used Ricoh GR. That said, the purchase made no sense; aging eyes, no viewfinder save for a miniscule back screen hardly visible in sunlight, I sincerely thought I would resell the palm sized toy within the month. Then a weird thing happened- I couldn’t believe the quality images it could produce when taken seriously, instead of just treating it as a toy. After decades of shooting strictly monochrome, I gave up all notion of converting digital files to B&W- I would play to digital’s strength, and go for color!
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My career in photography has really greatly transitioned overtime, from hobbyist to student to emerging artist and educator. One of my favorite things as an instructor is watching my students evolve and grow from their first to last classes. When I moved last summer, I took a look at my very early photographic work from a new perspective. I picked up my first camera as a ninth-grader, stealing my sisterʼs digital camera from her room. I took it to the park for a photoshoot with my friends and Iʼve hardly put a camera down since. Itʼs my way of exploring and telling the stories of American life.
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