I closed down my NYC Photo Studio
If you’ve spent some time around me, you’ll know how much I love YouTube.
In the age of perfectionism, we lose those unseen moments that make us human.
Everything about our lives that we broadcast is fits in a little screen, and lets everyone know you have made it, you have the perfect existence.
But life isn’t perfect. Life is vulnerable. Life is full of mistakes. Life is full of surprises. Life happens all around us and to put that into a in a little box isn’t life, is it?
What I love about YouTube is the ability to share your life, and make a friend along the way. To share your vulnerability. To share your surprises. To share more than a few seconds with a new friend, and let them know they don’t have to be perfect because that’s not how life is. Life is unexpected. Life is planned, but doesn’t always go to plan.
I made this YouTube video not as a document, but also as common grounds for anyone in the creative industry to let them know I see you. We see you. I made this YouTube video to give back to the platform that I resonate with most, and to celebrate all the wonderful moments I had at the studio with all of my friends and beautiful family.
This video isn’t short, it has over 780 clips that I shot over the course of a month, but life isn’t short. Progress isn’t short. Good stories are not short.
At the very end of the video is hundreds of BTS photos that I’ve taken over the last five years at the studio. If you’ve been on set with Chelsea and I in that time, I’m so proud of the art we have made together. The studio would never have been the same without you.
I hope you enjoy, and as always, be well.❤️
0:00 Intro
0:47 Why are we moving
2:46 Found a surprise
4:42 Suffering
7:02 Finding joy in photography
7:46 Chopping up the cabinet
13:03 Wall repair
15:03 Huge mistake
15:37 Car getting towed
17:25 That Little Puff's Studio
18:19 Breaking down the computer for the last time
19:50 Removing the sign from the door
20:11 Taking down the lamp
20:29 Packing up the printer
20:45 Selling on Facebook Marketplace
32:18 Connor's last time at the studio
38:53 Moving day
43:44 Photographing the studio for the last time
45:08 Hundreds of BTS Photos
46:34 Ending