One thing I have learned over the decades I have spent teaching myself to be a photographer: sure, it’s great to travel far from home and see dramatic scenes and exotic subjects. But especially during the early months of the pandemic, I learned how to *see* something new even in the same places I experience every day. Hiking the same trails and visiting the same woods time and time again, I ended up making images that resonate with me more deeply than most of the work I made since I first picked up a camera at age 18.
One thing I have learned over the decades I have spent teaching myself to be a photographer: sure, it’s great to travel far from home and see dramatic scenes and exotic subjects. But especially during the early months of the pandemic, I learned how to *see* something new even in the same places I experience every day. Hiking the same trails and visiting the same woods time and time again, I ended up making images that resonate with me more deeply than most of the work I made since I first picked up a camera at age 18.