What Joel Grimes Walking Away From Canon Taught Me About Owning Your Creative Identity

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.