Too often we as humans are too self-important; so arrogant to think that our ability to possess power makes us superior to another living being, whether another human or an animal.
Read MoreWhether your craft is tattooing, painting, yoga, bartending or any other "Martial Art", there will always be a community that talks and spreads words amongst each other. And as I have recently discovered, Photography is no different. We all move in the same circles, often trade (or take as some refer to it) clientele and subjects, see similar sights and unfortunately, get treated as interchangeable by the general public.
Read MoreIn America, we have gotten to a place where we are losing one of our most innate functions as living beings, communication with one another. How many times do you walk past people, or hold a door for someone, or even sit next to someone and not speak a word? How often do we see a homeless person and pretend as if we cannot hear their cries for help?
Read MoreWe lose a lot of the luster and emotion of these photos by attempting to "Keep up with the Joneses" or feed our egos through an Instagram feed. A photo was once so much more than the click of a shutter, the immediate satisfaction of a 'Like' but viewed by more Native & indigenous people as the capturing of souls.
Read MoreArt. The bridge between truth & propaganda, right & presumed wrong, justice & alleged objectivity. In times of struggle art has historically been the conscious that screams out in agony, the voice that lifts spirits. And it has been our burden as artists to ensure that we tow the line and uphold the integrity, it is our duty to speak for the voiceless.
Read MoreThat's what we aim to represent. RespectheShooter is a claim, a demand, to be respected in an industry that gets swept under the rug.
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