Absolutely. To add to this, the fact the author doesn’t take photos in their home town is a surprise as well.
You understand where you live better than visitors. As a photographer you know what’s interesting about a place. You see things that everyone else walks past and doesn’t notice. While everyone else walks away with generic tourist shots of Chapel Hill, you can capture snapshots of daily life over years that really showcase your friends and neighbors and town, and in so doing create a body of work that’s entirely unique to you and your perspective.
It’s an odd thing to be proud of—a photographer not capturing the place they know best.
You understand where you live better than visitors. As a photographer you know what’s interesting about a place. You see things that everyone else walks past and doesn’t notice. While everyone else walks away with generic tourist shots of Chapel Hill, you can capture snapshots of daily life over years that really showcase your friends and neighbors and town, and in so doing create a body of work that’s entirely unique to you and your perspective.
It’s an odd thing to be proud of—a photographer not capturing the place they know best.