A short interview segment in which the speaker describes Michael Gomez's large influence on their early creative life: at about age 18–19 they began taking photographs after helping a studio photographer (Michael Gomez) paint for a day and being given access to the studio, which launched their relationship with the camera.
Tell me about Michael Gomez and what was his impact on you? Oh, huge impact. In Nashville, I picked up a still camera because I took headshots of my girlfriend, and her agent was good friends with the photographer, who was like, oh, man, you need to, like, do more of this. You got it. You're good at this. So I went to this guy's studio, but he wasn't shooting in there. He was painting. He was like, here's a brush. Just paint. So I helped him paint for a day, and after the day, he was like, here's the key to the studio. You can use it whenever you want. That's sort of like when I started. What happens to you at 18 or 19 after this? How does it change your relationship with the camera?
Yeah, I think, man.
