the time traveler
brianday His earliest inspiration to become a photographer was his father, who always had wonderful 35mm cameras, and often took candid photos (what we now call "street photography"). Also, growing up, Brian always remembers seeing photographs with the large block letters "ANSEL ADAMS", in banks, stores, and other places his parents would take him, and he was fascinated by
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how dramatic they appeared. Even though Brian doesn't share Ansel's interest in shooting mountains, his appreciation for Ansel's work and for his technique was rekindled about 3 years ago.
own images. Brian also developed a great appreciation for the legendary documentary and street photographers of the old days (and a few of the modern guys as well), which has informed his sense of working hard to Brian spent much time create a visual story in a trying to understand why single frame. Neither last Ansel's techniques were or least, being born in so effective, and worked Detroit and raised in the to translate that level of Metro area has given him visual impact into Brian's much "material" to work
with, and inspired him to several award winning create a conceptual series musicians and others called "the Time Traveler." with his images. These are things that he never anAs for accomplishments, ticipated happening when his images have been he picked up a camera 3 published in several years ago; Brian is just very established print maga- grateful to be able to enjoy zines, and Brian has had photography. He hopes the privilege of showing to continue learning and his work in several Metro growing with his work, Detroit area galleries. and time will tell the rest of the story. Brian has also had the opportunity to work with
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