Interview with Bear Kirkpatrick, Creator of the Photo Series ‘Wallportraits’
Bear Kirkpatrick lives and works in Portsmouth, NH. You can visit his website here
PetaPixel: First Bear, tell us about what spurred your initial interest in photography?
Bear Kirkpatrick: Two things happened, and they never fully blended. My father had a 35mm film camera when I was a boy. One day he, my younger brother, our two black dogs and I went into the woods beside our house -- it was winter, we had coats on -- and my father took pictures.
When he developed the film and showed us the beautiful black and white prints, it was like the top of my head came off -- I didn't understand right away, but certainly felt right away the elevating nature that photographs had over life. Or had to life. Everything was better.