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What Joel Grimes Walking Away From Canon Taught Me About Owning Your Creative Identity
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much of my identity as a photographer I’ve quietly outsourced to my equipment. I shoot Sony now, but I started on Canon. I’ve owned four different camera systems in eight years. And every time I switch, there’s this weird grieving period, like I’m not just selling a body, I’m selling a version of myself. So when I came across Joel Grimes announcing he was stepping down as a Canon Explorer of Light after a decade in that role, I stopped scrolling immediately.