I can't speak for other photographers, but the photographers who went forward strongly when the so-called "official" part of their career ended, to me, were those who had taught. Teaching enriches and enlivens one's work.
Sam AbellThough Geographic didn't publish that photo in the story that it was done for, "The Life of Charlie Russell," a cowboy artist in Montana. But later, maybe a year and a half ago, they named it one of the 50 greatest pictures ever made at National Geographic.
Sam AbellThe longer we lived with it the more we wanted something less about process and more about life.
Sam AbellWhat I'm interested in is modern American history. I'm taken with the changes that have occurred in America in my lifetime.
Sam Abell