2020 Year in Review

I recently went back and reread my 2019 year in review where I started off all sappy about how January can be a lonely and quiet time for a photographer blah blah. Little did I know that lonely and quiet would be 2020's middle name.

It’s almost hard to remember first reactions to the news of the virus. So much speculation and mixed information. I recall the stages of acceptance and realizing this wasn't going to disappear and that I could literally be jobless for a year. There was something apocalyptically exciting about it though. I'm not a huge fan of routine and the mayhem got me going.

The vacuum of paid work opened up an opportunity to throw myself into personal work and focus in a way that is difficult during a normal working year. I got obsessed with capturing everything COVID-19 in and around Pittsburgh. All of my photography energy was focused on capturing the weird things happening around me, things I knew would be fascinating to look back on 20 years from now.

When the lockdown was announced I saw an opportunity to work on a more orchestrated project. I wanted to focus on something that represented both my intrigue and the times. And so came my project, Isolated Radiance. This felt like a defining project for the year and I'm glad I had the time to put effort into it. It got me a little press and a body of work I’m proud of.

Work did pick up towards the end of the summer and got busy for the last few months of the year. I felt some new energy jumping back into client work. The time off gave me space to conceptualize, experiment and learn which helped move my work forward.

It was a dynamic year that offered a lot of opportunity for growth. I hope that we all come out of this a little stronger with a more adaptable attitude moving forward.

Thanks for your time and checking out some of my work. Leave me a note below if you feel like it.

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