I have noticed that the more client work I do, the less I photograph my own family. This is disconcerting to me. I need to make a living of course, but more than anything I have always been drawn to photography as a means of documenting my own life. As an adoptee, what I wanted more than anything in the world was a photograph of my birth parents, as well as some of myself before I was adopted at four months. Maybe my boys have no interest in seeing themselves 20 years from now. Only time will tell. But I do know that when I look back on my life I want to be surrounded by family photo albums.I love the second shot of Sam (wish it was in focus, but oh well). Ben is watching 'Scooby Doo' in the third. He is striking the Liebster television watching pose--glassy eyes and mouth open.
Last Weekend
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