He was drawn to photography primarily from his dad when he was gifted a camera at age 11. Through visual media like magazines, tumbkr, and facebook profiles he gained a technical knowledge of how to create an image that isn’t obvious at first. Colby shifted into documentary photography quite seamlessly he says as for him at just clicked in moments when he was shooting and the technical or ideological aspects he has previously learned pop into his mind. The series Querida Cuba in style is reminiscent of summers past. Not your typical summer per se, but greenery, kids at play, beachy sunsets, and warm sun glares give us this wave of a past us. Blurry captured action enforces a dreamlike or reminiscent state because you cant exactly pin what or when it is you are seeing or remembering.The project in its initial intention w as meant to be a travel diary. He has a notion of what he expected and what he saw in reality, and it turned the project on it’s head in a beautiful way. The series morphed into telling the stories and the cultures of the people and the region. As it stands currently he says the series is resting comfortably until he returns as it is far from done. Constantly in search of the quiet moments, he continues to find them.
60 Wondrous Artists 