Whatever the F!% I want on Fridays (or, just Whatever I Want Fridays)* (written for Instagram but posted here first, cause my creativity is my own, not one that belongs to an algorithm)

I’m sharing photos that live on my drive that never see the light of day, because you see, I think all of this stuff is important. It’s the creative path, it’s the creative life, and to keep it hidden away doesn’t do me any good, and it certainly doesn’t share my voice with you, ’cause that’s what art is … communication.

Even if it’s silent, it makes you think, inspires, and makes you wonder. And I’ll be completely upfront here: a digital portfolio only expresses half of who I am. It floats in the ether, and if that sounds nostalgic and that I wish for a time when things were more tangible, like heading to Woolco’s to pick up my print, then so be it.

I get so much satisfaction by printing my photos. It’s something unexplainable. You can sit with an image, hold it in your hand. You can say, wow, this is something I didn’t expect—good or bad. How many times do you go through your hard drive just looking at photos of your family, or the photos you took last summer? I thought so.

Do you print books? I love to print books. I’ve sold some, given some away, and I have some for myself. Don’t get me wrong: digital work has afforded me some very meaningful experiences, like practicing photography over and over again without spending thousands on developing them all. And I will never give up digital photography, I’m just going to spend more time printing my work. It makes me happy.

Anyhow, I’m tired of pretending my work is just one thing, and that’s why I’m starting Whatever the F!% Fridays*.

I hope you enjoy this exploration of my work.