Today marks four years since I started Roaming.
What began as a passion project and a catalyst for me to get out and start exploring my then-new-ish city has become the driving force behind all of my excursions. My eyes are always searching for shapes and shadows, open doorways and cracks in fences. I’ve trained myself to always look up: in a city with so many buildings decorated with so much history, it’s surprising how much time I spent just watching the sidewalk. Of course, it’s important to look down, too, especially with so many dogs in this town.
Over the course of the last four years I have shifted mediums. It began with my Nikon, and while the project is still primarily digital thanks to my iPhone, I started using my analog Instax mini in June 2019. The film project is an extension of Roaming but with a slightly different feel – and personality, according to my partner – that my digital images do not possess. I hope to keep experimenting with mediums for this portfolio, as there is no end-date in mind.
Roaming has changed my perspective. I have learned to look at the world around me through different eyes and to appreciate what others may not see, and what I know I may have overlooked had I not pushed myself out the door four years ago.
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