The first photograph I remember taking was on a 4th grade field trip to Augusta Maine. Long ago were the days of putting the 126 or 110 size cartridge of film in a bag, mailing it off to some magical place then waiting 2 weeks to get your prints back. Now- shoot it, dump it or keep it. Between then and now my photography has taken many twisted turns. High school brought the camera club. What an easy way to get out of study hall and classes and roam the halls taking pictures to end up in the yearbook. I was accepted at but did not attend Rhode Island School of Photography, foolishness at an early age. Started capturing weddings and portraits which got progressively larger for about 10 years. I operated a inhome studio. January of 2000 I filmed a fire rescue in Rochester NH that went viral before viral existed. Shown on local Ch9, ABC picked it up, which was seen by CNN. Before I knew it the video was on Extra, Maurry, Real TV, the History Channel and yes even Oprah. I have written and photographed a couple of magazine articles, was commissioned for Portsmouth NH's Market Square Day poster in 1986 and have photos in a couple of books. I got pretty burnt out and have shot mostly nonspeaking subjects since then. While being treated for cancer about 18 months ago I spent many hours going thru old negatives and digital slides and felt it was time to share them. Since then I have been shooting more black and white. My new life has become defined by focusing just on the hard facts. Black and white does the same, it takes away all the color distractions and makes you value the exposed reality of life even more.
Thanks for looking :)
Scott
Scott Thorp joined Pixels.com Licensing on March 12th, 2013.
