Thanks for this post Chris - very inspirational! (I'm not very different to
you - I've also had bouts of homelessness etc.)
Allan
PS No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really cool
about it).
Disrupting the unnatural balance that you, as a conscious human being and a
confused mass of energy, have created.
-Disturb the mind -
>From: Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Re: How young we all are in 2006
>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:33:59 -0700
>
>
>Nick,
>
>Thanks for the compliments. I grew up in Indiana, and the midwest seems to
>be virgin territory for photography. You rarely see books of photos of that
>part of the country, and the photographers I knew in my hometown all
>refused
>to photograph in Indiana because they claimed there was nothing there worth
>photographing. They all traveled to California, New Mexico, and other
>places
>with more dramatic landscape. I live in New Mexico now, moved here because
>I
>graduated from Indiana University seven years ago and despite applying for
>more than 700 (yes, SEVEN HUNDRED) jobs I only had one interview at which I
>was told that I was unemployable because I'd gotten an art degree. I did
>some freelance photography and graphic design but never made enough to
>live.
>My family kept me for a while then kicked me out and I lived with friends
>and family, moving around as people got tired of feeding me. I finally
>ended
>up homeless again and so I sold some possessions and used the money to
>drive
>to Santa Fe. I stayed with a friend who lives here and it only took a few
>weeks for me to start getting commercial work. Now I am the webmaster,
>graphic artist, and photographer for a local company and making a good
>living. I miss Indiana. I honestly think the land was more beautiful there
>despite New Mexico's famed landscape, and I miss the many interesting
>people
>I met over the years there. But I will never go back to live there. I've
>had
>enough 'starving artist' poverty to last 3 lifetimes. The funny thing was,
>I
>grew up in a big city of almost 300,000 people and there just wasn't any
>place for creative people there. Santa Fe is a tiny town, only 65,000
>people
>but I feel welcome here in a way I never did in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
>
>In New Mexico I have tried to avoid the usual subjects. I am interested in
>forgotten places and unknown people, like the people and places I
>gravitated
>toward in the midwest.
>
>Chris Crawford
>Santa Fe, NM
>Photography of Indiana and New Mexico
>
>http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com
>
>
>On 12/20/06 5:31 PM, "Nick Wilson" <toona@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Chris Crawford wrote:
> >
> >> I'm 31, just joined the list.
> >>
> >
> > I really enjoyed the brief dip into your site, Chris. I will explore a
> > bit more when I have a chance. A lot of interest and oddities (in a nice
> > way). You get right into a subject, if I might say so. I like the faded
> > sense of place for some of those
> >
> > Also, some of your self portraits reminded me of Nick Cave...only
>taller.
> >
> > Nick (not Cave)
> >
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