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Case
Once Was
Blissful Ignorance
Once was Two
The taste
Own Company One
Own Company Two
Race With Myself
Own Company Three
One Left
One Beer Left
The title of this series of photographs is heavily influenced by and named after a track by MF DOOM.
As of the ladder part of 2020 I picked up a liking of beer. Growing up I hated the smell and taste of beer, all the grownups around me would drink it. It started off casual at my closest friend’s house. Then soon after it would lead to me nabbing some of my mom’s beer from the cabinet. Soon after I was buying them for myself.
I have two cousins I was really close to growing up. One went to the military when I was elven. So, our relationship dwindled. My other cousin stayed consistent in my life but as we got older certain things separated us to no exact return. We had conversations about us sharing my first beer together, we didn’t. I was alone.
I fought bouts with loneliness for as long as I could remember. Everything changed in 2020, when the fighting turned into handicap matches with depression and loneliness. I always thought having a significant other would rid me of all this loneliness. It helped, but at the same time taught me how to be alone. Fighting myself only left me bruised because there are no winners when you’re fighting your inner self. Nothing helped, photography, my girlfriend, beer, games, reminiscing. Only thing that helped was self-reflection.