As a high school student I fell in love with black and white 35mm photography. I spent all day in the dark room, I begged my teacher for more film. I volunteered to assist the night classes so I could spend more time developing and printing. My first job was at a film processing lab and I spent all of the money I earned there on more film so I could keep shooting. Something sort of magical was happening. I was converting moments from my life into preserved pieces of art. I was saving my experiences so they didn’t dissipate.
This is no small thing; in fact it’s meaning-of-life level stuff. I was discovering meaning and value in myself and life in general. I was figuring out which ...
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