Joseph Szymanski
I was born on a Monday in Wyandotte, a small suburb of Detroit, and spent my entire childhood in Southeastern Michigan. My fascination with photography began quite young, my first camera was a Fisher-Price / Kodak 110 at seven years old. At thirteen, I borrowed my father’s Minolta X-700 and never gave it back. I still have it today.
I am drawn to analog processes and the tactile nature they possess. There is a certain depth and permanence that is lost in the new digital world, and I am of the firm belief that a photograph is not finished until it has been printed.
Someone once told me a very long time ago that my photographs reminded them of memories they didn’t know they had. That’s always resonated with me on some level.
