One of the things I like best about photography is that I can do it by myself. It is a solo act. Often I collaborate with people who are the subjects of my work, models, strangers and the like, but the bulk of the effort is just me in my studio.  Other mediums and genres rely on crews of helpers, outside suppliers and service providers. My photography is me start to finish, taking pictures and making prints.

That said, I long for a community of other photographers so I can share my work, talk about our lives as artists, and navigate the art world in general.

After my Instagram account was hacked I spent time thinking about all of this and realized I had been using social media as a solution for this need of community. A poor solution indeed. We all know the drill online, fly through pages of pictures, look at them for a few seconds and double tap our way through. I think we can do better.

I appreciate the connectivity of being online, conversations and exchanges with folks that live far and wide. I appreciate less the parts that social media companies do to the conversations.

My plan you ask? I want to spend the time I was on social media to create and join conversations here on this blog, corresponding with my fellow artists, and looking at work with out of town folks on zoom print sharing sessions. 

Join the conversations when you have time.