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Fall in Love with Ryan Murihead’s PhotographyRyan Murihead’s...



















Fall in Love with Ryan Murihead’s Photography

Ryan Murihead’s philosophy on how to deal with criticism of his work is simple:

If you really, really commit to something, someone will hate you for it. And that’s ok. But the further you pursue your art, and the more you come to understand that it’s coming from who you are, the less that stuff gets to you. When you reach that point and put your work out there, and somebody hates it, what are your options? Are you gonna move forward or completely realign your work? Somebody will always be there to tell you they don’t like what you’re doing. To do work that pleases people is a constant investment in gauging trends and evaluating opinions and measuring yourself against them. If you align to what’s popular, and then in two years everyone hates it, you have to completely change who you are. But if you just figure out who you are and how you want to work, all you have to do is commit to that the rest of your life. People’s reactions might change, but you won’t have to. You’ll be doing something you care about, whether people like it or not. (thisisimperfect.org)

More of Ryan Murihead’s photos can be found on Tumblr.


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