i always wonder if i'm doing the right sorts of photography. i love to explore. i love to document friends and family. i shoot nature, landscapes, cities, nudes, portraits, and everything else that i can try to master.
i watched this TED presentation by photographer rick smolan, and realized that at my age, he had already created a positive change in someone's life.
i don't necessarily have aspirations of working for TIME, but i do hope that across the hopefully vast and endless span of my personal and professional photographic career, that i will have a positive effect on people's lives.
i remember when i did some work with the "seedart" project in thailand, and the immense sense of satisfaction it gave me to know that my presence and talent made a small difference, however fleeting, in the lives of several of the children there.
and now, far away from those lovely faces, what does it mean that i am here in new york city, while most likely they remain in the hills above the northeastern city of chiang rai; without a real country, without identity beyond the one given, and without a direction.
seedart post part 1
seedart post part 2
i hope that i have helped these kids in some small way by being there at that time, and that through my continuing photographic exploration, i can make wider strokes of change. i hope to influence as well as experience, and i hope that people will benefit from my work as well in their own lives.
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