ERIC JON JOB

When I was a boy, one of my favorite pastimes was lying on my grandparent's living room floor at night, watching my Grandpa's slideshows on a silver screen. Each slide was an adventure, a journey to another place, a story told in an instant... Then I took up photography early in my teen years and thoroughly enjoyed experimenting with cameras and techniques. Working with rangefinder, SLR, and pinhole cameras helped me master the technical side of photography. I loved the black and white darkroom, but shooting color reversal films brought the greatest joy. I learned, as my Grandpa had, that there was more to photography than exposing a medium to light. Pressing onward, coursework in college enlightened me to the art of photography, where I was challenged to address angles, form, composition, and storytelling.

Primary location: Roan Mountain United States