In March of 2021, I was applying for jobs on LinkedIn when I came across a listing for a Director of Photography position. The production was called “The Story of Art in America”, a ten episode docuseries about art in America. Not thinking I would get the gig, I applied. In early May I had my zoom interview and was accepted to be the Director of Photography for the production. This would be my first traveling documentary gig as a DOP and to say I was excited is an understatement. In the interview they detailed how the docuseries would consist of a twenty day road trip across the Western part of the United States, where we would be traveling to six cities and interviewing over 50 artists along the way. During the 20 day production I experienced six cities I had never been to before, met dozens and dozens of artists and city officials, and made over 5,000 combined photos on my Leica Q and Canonet QL-17 GIII. These are some of my favorite stories, experiences and photographs from the trip

The Growing Road

After a day of filming interviews, I decided to walk around downtown Sheridan, Wyoming and make some long exposure photos of some of the historic buildings and businesses in the town. I was walking around with my camera permanently attached to my tripod, and right after I made a long exposure this cowboy came up from behind me and stepped right into my photo, exclaiming “take a photo of my ass” as his girlfriend yelled at him “nobody wants to see your ass!”. I tried to capture him the best I could but my settings were all set for long exposures so that is why the blur is present. I actually like how this came out better because of how drunk and stumbling this cowboy was, it perfectly represents his state. 

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Drunk Cowboy

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