9th May 2017 | for Creatives | photography, filmmaking, never stop LEARNING, Eric Ryan Anderson |
"More than ever I see still and moving images becoming one and the same. Having experience and vision in both mediums will be crucial for most people over the coming years."
"I know the next decade will bring some wild changes—both personally and industry-wide—as the vehicles with which we consume content keep changing. That directly informs what I do for a living, and my hope is not just to keep up, but to really engage with new channels, mediums, and people."
"At the end of the day, we're probably not changing the world with most of the images we're making. Instead, I think the main opportunity to contribute to the greater good is through the relational aspect of what we do as artists. We meet and interact with people form all over the world, all the time. The ability to go beyond the creation of images and to develop a camaraderie with people ... is important. Those relationships will likely last longer than the typical lifespan of an image."
"Some of my favorite directors of the 1970s became rich and famous and lost touch with other human beings not like themselves. [With social media,] I can now maintain a connection to other people, not just in the U.S. but all over the world. It allows me insight into someone who's 15 in Thailand."
"The [creative] work I'm doing now, and the work I will do, is why I left corporate America. If I can't remember to embrace the craziness with a smile, then I've made a terrible mistake."
"Stick with it. Do your thing. I dropped out at 16, I never went to art school, and I taught myself everything I know."
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