🔥Click the Fire 🔥 | biography

I was born February 10. 1987.

In 2024 I started shooting with a Canon 2000D.

My interest in photography started in 2003 when my parents brought me to see a showing of Ansel Adam' work at the Gibb's Art Museum in Charleston, SC. Later, they  signed me up with the Gibbs Art Museum Darkroom Photography Advanced course.

I spent a summer looking through enlargers in a dark room, it was a wonderfully laid out work space. I learned to develop rolls of film manually with a can opener and to use developer chemicals in a pitch black environment.

I learned and gained appreciation for my opportunity to learn there. 

 
One year later, 2004, I enrolled at Trident Technical College in North Charleston, SC where I attended a Photography 101 course. This class reinforced my experience as a young photographer by further educating my adolescent mind on the subject. I spent more time in the dark room than any other class. and even skipped math class to be there. I also have three months textbook learned with Adobe InDesign in a classroom setting at TTC. I worked at Hollywood Video for a year. Skipped SCAD to venture West to Oregon.

In 2007 I worked at Blockbuster for a year. I was allowed to use a Nikon at that time, and used it at a Heart concert at the Oregon State fair.
At the age of 22, 2009, I started a magazine called "VAZ!NE magazine". It was a four-issue run of a collaborative art "eye-candy" project which included creative-writing submissions, photography, homemade puzzles, musician interviews, humor and original art from various contributors.
I am eternally grateful to be granted the chance to continue working on "catching the light", even if it's just trippy photography.

Enjoy!

In 2024 I launched a memetoken $UZAN on Solana.

Thanks, for reading, be sure to click links and explore my galleries.

I enjoy painting and have some digital art as well.

Hugs & Kisses,

-Amanda Suzan Welch