It’s late and I can’t sleep. Doing this little writeup more so for myself than anyone else. The photo above was taken in May of 2017. I picked up a big Mamiya 645 camera in La and I wanted to bring it home to Indiana to show my family. We were over at my Uncle Bill’s house and I clicked off this shot of the chair just so he could hear how the shutter sounded. This photo didn’t mean anything to me for a bit, but about 3 months later my Uncle passed away. I never got the chance to see him again after we took this photo. This photo is now one of my most cherished photos I’ve ever taken. Every time I look at it I get brought right back to this summer May evening. 

LA is hard and I miss my family a lot tonight. 

- matt