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The "message" is straightforward: we can sometimes trap ourselves by the very lines that we draw to define ourselves, but even this trap is the illusion of our own perspective, and if we can change our perspective, we can maybe open the door to be set free.

Portrait of my friend Greg. Feels kind of like the end of something. 9 years ago I created a very similar photograph, this time it's a good friend I made in the years since, and this time it's with 9 cameras instead of 1.

It's an anamorphic illusion. It might be one of the last intentional "art" photographs I do. Life is tough, competition in the art world is tougher, competition for attention against AI is even tougher than that, especially when you work in an expensive, lesser respected medium and insist on capturing everything in-camera.

Photography has left me tired. I do want to move on. I dream of selling (almost) all of my cameras and just closing that door on my life. There's a lot of personal history in there for me, both good and sad, wins and losses. I never "made it" but I was recognized and left some others inspired, and maybe that's all that's needed.