I started off my career as a photographer. Twas a beautiful world. Everyday was a new exploration, everyday an adventure. I was given this license to enter any world that I wanted and witness things I could never have imagined. I, and my photography, was both innocent and ignorant.
I stumbled into success. It was the worst thing that could have happened to me. It took away all the innocence that I had and left the ignorance. Everything about photography became suffocating. It had lost all of its fun.
As my career has evolved I have tried numerous ways to move backward. And, as in life, it does not seem possible. I just want to return to the enthusiasm that I once had - to the days when I felt like the pictures I made mattered.
My friend Rob is blogging, and I'm excited to watch him get back to something he feels he's lost. He's one of my favorite photographers because he's got such a unique eye, inquisitive mind and an incredibly unassuming presence -- and all of that comes across in his pictures... which I'm just happy to be seeing again.
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