Episode 293

I had a conversation with a friend a while back about photography and at one point, relating to photo editing, I asked him, Why do you care what someone else does so much? There was a long, almost uncomfortably long pause. The answer that he gave didn’t really matter much to me, but that pause really got me thinking about the idea of why do we care about things the way we do.

As we look at photography, I think we care about work because of its impact on us as we make it, and we hope the impact it has on others. The struggle for many of us comes from having to let go of the effect on others and accept that the work we make won’t always be important to everyone. It can be important to us. We can learn from it. We can care about it, but it might not impact others the way we want. Yet, understanding why you care about your own work and the work of others, I think, can give you exciting insights into how you approach and think about your work and how you share it. So this week’s podcast dives into the notion of caring about your work.

As always, hope you and yours are safe, and please remember to keep safe and wear your mask!