Jobos, Puerto Rico shot exactly this time last year. About as chill a surf spot as one can find. I’ve been in the last month over consumed by US political direction. Whew! So this PR bubble of non conflict appeals at the moment. Besides it’s warm there and it’s cold here, so I’m headed back to Puerto Rico on March 12 to mentor a max of 6 serious photographers. One spot open. Link in my Instagram profile. Some of these photographers may want to be photojournalists who will take on social and political problems, and some may want to explore photography through a poetic serenity. Both help mankind in my opinion. We need information and we need art to survive as human beings. Conflict exists and should be documented with gusto and peace also exists and should be photographed with equal aplomb. Balance of imagery is the key. My job as a mentor is to aid in whatever direction a photographer is bound and determined to go. Help them to speak with their inner voice, their authorship. Given the freedom to speak visually panics many. Everyone asks for artistic freedom, yet ironically few instinctively know how to use it. Again, my job is to unlock individuality not to direct. I will be shooting myself. Not as demonstration but for real. I’m not a professor. I’m simply a working photographer who may be able to provide insights to emerging photographers because I face the same fears as do they. It’s the pursuit wherein lies the sublime. Link in my Instagram profile.