Introduction

When i was 22 years old, i found myself at a crossroads. It turns out that what i saw in that moment was how traditional employment was being increasingly burdened by a rapidly changing culture and an evolving economy. That was when i began to see the classically safe path as increasingly risky. In that moment, i chose to become a photographer, and i never looked back. Just as i found myself starting to break through and making enough money as a freelands photographer to survive, i discovered something that was every bit as life affirming as my own wants and needs. I discovered the creative community. It was a world full of other makers and doers and builders, creators, pen