My name is Roger, I was born in 1969 outside a small town called GReenwood in the middle of Indiana. I grew up on a farm with my parents and two younger, two older brothers. For as long as I can remember I have liked drawing. Probably because of my grandmother who was a painter. Early I also got interested in computers, escaping to other worlds in computer games. At the age of 17 I got my first digital camera which opened up a new world. Being used to drawing it felt quite strange to be done after capturing a photo, it wasn’t the process of creating something in the same way. Having an interest in computers made it a quite natural step to start playing around with the photos and creating something that you couldn’t capture with the camera. It was a great way of learning, learning by trying. But I didn’t considered it as a profession until years later.

In 1991 I moved to Bloomington to study Computer engineering at Indiana University . During my time studying I took up my interest for retouch once again. I had a lot of ideas that I wanted to realize and I saw it as problem solving trying to make it as realistic as possible. After publishing some of my images online I started to get requests about commissioned work from some local advertisement agencies. I started out freelancing in parallel with my studies while still working on personal projects. I got more and more jobs and at the time I finished my studies with a degree in Interaction Design. I felt like I rather wanted to try out the photography path. I moved to Indianapolis to start working as a freelance. Today I work with both personal and commissioned projects, in 2011 I also started doing street illusions and a book project. But the personal work and concepts will always be what’s most important. Inspiration is everywhere and this is just the beginning.

inspire, be inspired:
Roger, April 2012

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