On Sunday morning, March 19th, 2017, I went to a brunch with my cousins. Attempting to complement my other lenses, I was testing a new lens that weekend. The lens is ideal for taking inmate images of people without being intrusive.
Seated across from me, I noticed my cousin beginning to relay a story. My cousin is a very animated storyteller. I photographed about a dozen images, hoping to get one or two I liked. Later, I put the photos on my editing viewer. Instead of individual images, I saw an old-time film strip or storyboard. I chose five pictures and put them together as a single print. I let my creative instincts take over; I created a complete story on a single canvas using multiple images.
Over time, I showed that print to a few fellow photographers. Their responses were encouraging.