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The Story Behind "Flight"
Drew tells the story behind the making of this image from Exceptional Creatures
Drew tells the story behind the making of this image from Exceptional Creatures
Drew tells the story behind the making of this image from Exceptional Creatures
Drew tells the story behind the making of this image from Exceptional Creatures
Drew tells the story behind the making of this iconic image from Exceptional Creatures
Drew tells the story behind the making of this image from Shadows Alight: Portraits of the American West
Drew tells the story behind the making of this image from Sail: Majesty at Sea
Drew tells the story behind the making of this image from Colossal Shadows: Super Tuskers of East Africa
Drew tells the story behind the making of this image from Colossal Shadows: Super Tuskers of East Africa
Drew tells the story behind the making of this image from Colossal Shadows: Super Tuskers of East Africa
Drew tells the story behind his image “A Young Goddess, Mindisayo” from the series Desert Song: Compositions of Kenya
Spend enough time around horses and you get to know their personalities. They tend to have unique characteristics much in the way people do. Stallions, of course, are the most spirited of all and the beautiful horse seen in my image By the Sea especially caught my eye. His sleek coat was perfect, and his […]
When on an expedition I am looking for the intersection of design and pattern working in harmony with nature or within remote cultures. I utilize my years of studio photography and love of adventure to evoke emotion from the scenes I capture using texture and form and maximizing the most minute of details.
In my ten years of traversing the world to create my work, I’ve learned to embrace unexpected encounters because they often can result in moments worth preserving.
Few places have been as inspirational to me as Iceland. Beautiful and unpredictable, this land boasts an incredible population of horses whose identity is interwoven with their homeland in a nearly spiritual way.
When I set out on my own, I promised myself that I would not follow trends or create work just for the sake of having something new to release. To retain my integrity as an artist, my process of creating comes down to finding the right subject matter and then discerning the best way to […]
Fueled by the excitement of the discovery of a new angle, an untold story, or an iconic image, the search for my subjects is endless. As those closest to me would tell you, when I have my mind set on an image, it becomes all consuming and I do everything physically possible to make the story come to life.
I feel an immense responsibility to my audience and I want to give a glimpse into something unexpected that is, at the same time, recognizable. This comes down to my process of selecting subjects, because while it may seem varied, my choices tend to have much in common.
Jules Verne satisfied my want of adventure as a child. I would be engrossed in his books for days, leaving the real world behind. As I was sitting in the Himalayas waiting out the storm, it dawned on me that some sort of connection had been forged between my youth and my career – something that started with Verne. In my work, I am a storyteller above all else. Yet instead of the written word, I use still images and film to share a narrative.
Have you ever had a life-altering moment that changed the course of your world? I didn’t have just one of those but instead had a series of occurrences that, when linked together, have shaped my life’s work. It all started sitting high in the Himalayas as I waited out an impassable storm…