Snacks with Ryan Coit

WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:05.879 Hey, what's up world? Welcome to season three of snack size, the 2 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:11.029 podcast that will drag you into your most fabulous life. It's a brand new 3 00:00:11.269 --> 00:00:16.030 year and it's a great time to live the life of your dreams. You've 4 00:00:16.109 --> 00:00:19.710 got to do you because no one else can, and, no matter what, 5 00:00:20.109 --> 00:00:23.620 you're happy and fulfilled life looks like. I want to help you get 6 00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:34.140 there. Our time together starts now. Hey, snacks, happy two thousand 7 00:00:34.140 --> 00:00:38.289 and twenty one. It is so good to be here with you all in 8 00:00:38.409 --> 00:00:42.969 this brand new year. Two Thousand and twenty was very long and difficult, 9 00:00:43.490 --> 00:00:48.409 but in a lot of ways, full of life lessons. Last year we 10 00:00:48.609 --> 00:00:53.320 learned about making it work, even though it seemed impossible, listening to our 11 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:58.439 loved ones and practicing self compassion. We learned how to live with each other, 12 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.520 even though we were far apart. We learned when to be angry and 13 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:07.549 when to forgive, when to speak up and when to be quiet. Most 14 00:01:07.590 --> 00:01:11.030 importantly, we did all of these things together and we got through it. 15 00:01:12.189 --> 00:01:15.950 I also know that a lot of great things happened for me in two thousand 16 00:01:15.950 --> 00:01:19.140 and twenty, and I hope that maybe you can say the same. In 17 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:23.739 fact, this podcast is one of those things. So thank you for being 18 00:01:23.819 --> 00:01:29.099 on this journey with me. My first guest this season is a friend of 19 00:01:29.140 --> 00:01:33.370 mine here in the twin cities, but is also known all over the world 20 00:01:33.489 --> 00:01:40.209 for his photography that explores the human form, sexuality and identity. Through his 21 00:01:40.329 --> 00:01:44.569 work as a portrait photographer, he has gotten to see many different sides of 22 00:01:44.689 --> 00:01:49.719 many different people from all walks of life. I am really excited for you 23 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:55.280 all to hear his unique perspective on living a happy and fulfilled life. Welcome 24 00:01:55.319 --> 00:02:04.269 to snack size, Ryan. Quite. Let's give him a call. Hi, 25 00:02:04.390 --> 00:02:08.430 Ryan, welcome to Snack Siyes. Hello, I am so excited to 26 00:02:08.550 --> 00:02:13.430 have you. Ryan has actually been a huge part of my journey because he 27 00:02:13.669 --> 00:02:19.139 has taken the photos of every cover of snacks eyes that we're going to get 28 00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:22.139 to know Ryan really close here in just a moment. But first or and 29 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:24.099 I have to ask, how is your you're going so far, and what 30 00:02:24.180 --> 00:02:28.379 are you looking forward to in two thousand and twenty one? Well, thank 31 00:02:28.419 --> 00:02:31.370 you for having me. First off, and my years going well, you 32 00:02:31.490 --> 00:02:36.169 know, just rolling with the punches and kind of figuring out things as we 33 00:02:36.250 --> 00:02:39.889 go. Obviously life's a little bit different now, but hopefully things will start 34 00:02:39.930 --> 00:02:45.520 to look get back to normal eventually and as far as projects, hopefully all 35 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:49.479 the stuff that got postponed in two thousand and twenty is going to happen this 36 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:53.680 year. So it's definitely been a difficult year for US artists. We put 37 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:55.960 a lot of work in and then all of a sudden everything just got derailed. 38 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:00.189 So, speaking of your projects, how did you get into photography? 39 00:03:00.750 --> 00:03:05.349 I had an interest in photography from a very young age. I remember one 40 00:03:05.349 --> 00:03:07.189 of my mom's best friends was a photographer and I just thought it was so 41 00:03:08.030 --> 00:03:13.900 cool and I just was interested in that. I started out with saving my 42 00:03:14.020 --> 00:03:19.060 money from my little job and going and buying a small film camera and just, 43 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:22.780 you know, taking pictures of the flowers in the yard and a friends 44 00:03:22.860 --> 00:03:27.889 and mean I was maybe thirteen fourteen buying that camera, so it was pretty 45 00:03:27.930 --> 00:03:31.090 young. Do you remember the point in your life where and you said you 46 00:03:31.210 --> 00:03:37.210 wanted to start taking photography seriously as more than a hobby? In High School 47 00:03:37.210 --> 00:03:39.849 I took photography classes and I knew then I had a really strong interest for 48 00:03:39.930 --> 00:03:46.280 it. After High School I was actually a Jehovah's Witness and I went door 49 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:51.599 to door every day and I remember just kind of looking at things and being 50 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:53.080 like, oh, that would be great to photograph, that would be great 51 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:57.430 to photograph. And then it was about a year and a half after high 52 00:03:57.430 --> 00:04:03.750 school. I looked into going to the local community college for photography, but 53 00:04:04.990 --> 00:04:11.340 that was not a career that was encouraged by my family, so I looked 54 00:04:11.419 --> 00:04:15.979 in other areas. But eventually, fast forward down the road, I got 55 00:04:15.100 --> 00:04:19.579 there and I was able to go to school for Photography and learn the things 56 00:04:19.620 --> 00:04:24.610 that I wanted to learn. That's amazing. So you and I are pretty 57 00:04:24.610 --> 00:04:28.290 close. I did not know you were a Jehovah's Witness. HMM, sure 58 00:04:28.610 --> 00:04:31.610 was. When, en did you decide to step away from that? I 59 00:04:32.170 --> 00:04:38.449 was nineteen, you know. I knew that I was gay and I knew 60 00:04:38.449 --> 00:04:43.879 that I wouldn't be able to come out and be myself if I stayed in 61 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:48.319 the JOOAH's witness organization. So I've made a plan and got out and history 62 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:51.639 from there. When you got out, would that be around the same time 63 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:56.990 you continue to pursue your photography? No, it did take me, you 64 00:04:57.069 --> 00:05:00.589 know, a couple of years because I might whole world. It was gone, 65 00:05:00.870 --> 00:05:02.790 so I had to kind of restart and rebuild, you know, myself, 66 00:05:02.870 --> 00:05:05.269 get a job, be able to pay my bills, get my feet 67 00:05:05.269 --> 00:05:10.139 on the ground, and so school kind of took a backburner for a minute 68 00:05:10.139 --> 00:05:13.100 and then, you know, it took about three or four years maybe, 69 00:05:13.100 --> 00:05:15.420 until I was like, financially, like okay, I can get my own 70 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:19.620 loans, I can get my own you know, everything. It takes time. 71 00:05:20.060 --> 00:05:25.730 That's a really powerful story, because so many artists find themselves having to 72 00:05:26.170 --> 00:05:29.930 break away from whatever they were doing and starting again and building from the ground 73 00:05:29.970 --> 00:05:32.529 up. For you, what was the biggest challenge and how did you overcome 74 00:05:32.569 --> 00:05:38.600 it? The biggest hurdle was just being okay with myself. At that point. 75 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.040 It was like I didn't care what anybody else thought. I had already 76 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:45.040 left, you know, and I was on my own, and now it 77 00:05:45.160 --> 00:05:47.199 was just being able to look in the mirror and say, you know, 78 00:05:47.319 --> 00:05:50.870 I'm proud of being a gay man. I'm proud of making the choice of 79 00:05:50.949 --> 00:05:55.230 leaving what I knew and what was safe to explore this whole new world. 80 00:05:55.430 --> 00:06:00.310 That was terrifying. You know, I'm thirty six now and I look back 81 00:06:00.310 --> 00:06:02.829 at that nineteen year old and I'm like, holy crap, like, how 82 00:06:02.870 --> 00:06:08.860 did I have the courage to do that? So now you are internationally known 83 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:14.139 for your photography. Do you remember the time that you felt was your first 84 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:17.540 big success? I had an exhibit that I got to be a part of 85 00:06:17.649 --> 00:06:23.129 in London and the end of two thousand and fifteen, and that was that 86 00:06:23.370 --> 00:06:26.610 moment where, like you know, you flew across the world. You walked 87 00:06:26.649 --> 00:06:30.610 into a room and I not only got to have a collective exhibit with other 88 00:06:30.689 --> 00:06:34.879 Queer Artists at the fringe film festival, but they had me do a solo 89 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:41.360 exhibit as like the Opening Party for the fringe festival week, and that was 90 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:46.560 like you can't put those type of feelings and emotions into words, because you 91 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:48.629 walk into a room and all these people there to see what you created. 92 00:06:48.670 --> 00:06:53.629 It's still like I've goosebumps now, like it's it just blows your mind as 93 00:06:53.629 --> 00:06:59.949 an artist to get to experience something like that. Your reputation definitely procede you 94 00:07:00.110 --> 00:07:02.300 for how wonderful your work is, to the point where it's a little bit 95 00:07:02.339 --> 00:07:08.259 intimidating. I remember when I worked with through the first time and didn't know 96 00:07:08.420 --> 00:07:12.100 you, I thought you were going to have a bigger head than you do, 97 00:07:12.259 --> 00:07:15.250 but you actually one of the most humble people I've known. How do 98 00:07:15.370 --> 00:07:19.129 you manage to keep your head in your shoulders? I guess you said the 99 00:07:19.170 --> 00:07:24.329 word intimidated. To me, it's like I'm just Ryan that works up in 100 00:07:24.410 --> 00:07:28.250 my little studio that takes pictures, and it's like it's what I love to 101 00:07:28.290 --> 00:07:31.000 do. If I could do that every day and just hold the camera and 102 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.279 not have to go through, you know, all the other side of you 103 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:39.160 know, trying to promote yourself and run a business, and just holding that 104 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:43.879 camera and shooting to me just bring so much joy. I think people see 105 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:46.990 my work and you know, you make a reputation for yourself, which is 106 00:07:47.149 --> 00:07:50.750 great, but I think sometimes people don't realize that side to me, that 107 00:07:50.870 --> 00:07:56.149 like I just genuinely love taking pictures and it brings me so much joy to 108 00:07:56.670 --> 00:08:00.740 do that. And one of my favorite things about portrait photography is that you 109 00:08:00.860 --> 00:08:05.579 get to work with somebody to create something that is not only making me feel 110 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:09.060 good as an artist, but for that person that's in the photograph, it 111 00:08:09.300 --> 00:08:13.089 gives them an opportunity to feel great about themselves too. I do want to 112 00:08:13.129 --> 00:08:16.129 go back to your work here in just a moment. But there was something 113 00:08:16.209 --> 00:08:20.250 interesting that you said that you just want to hold the camera, but then 114 00:08:20.329 --> 00:08:24.490 learning more of the promotion and maybe some more the business side was the struggle. 115 00:08:24.009 --> 00:08:28.199 How did you bring yourself to learn that side so that you could be 116 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:37.720 successful? Well, I had bills. No, it's it's hard these days 117 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:41.549 because you can be an amazing artist and you can love creating and you can 118 00:08:41.590 --> 00:08:46.389 create tons of things, but once it's just sitting there and people can enjoy 119 00:08:46.429 --> 00:08:50.710 it or you're not able to make money being an artist, it creates this 120 00:08:50.950 --> 00:08:54.590 weird situation. So for me it was like, you know, a long 121 00:08:54.629 --> 00:08:58.740 time I just did photography for the fun of it and then finally I just 122 00:08:58.899 --> 00:09:01.419 buckled down and was like, okay, you got to figure out how to 123 00:09:01.460 --> 00:09:05.820 run a business, because that is not how my brain works. You know, 124 00:09:07.259 --> 00:09:09.769 the business side of things, and really it is a it's a full 125 00:09:09.850 --> 00:09:15.250 time job, essentially, because you never quit working. There's always more to 126 00:09:15.330 --> 00:09:20.529 do, there's always this could be redone the this website can be fixed up 127 00:09:20.529 --> 00:09:24.679 or this. You know, it's never ending. So when we talk about 128 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:30.200 your work, your portfolio is extremely diverse, your images are super expressive and 129 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.120 do have strong story lines. So in your opinion, what makes a good 130 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:37.750 story? Well, it kind of comes in different ways. If I'm working 131 00:09:37.750 --> 00:09:41.990 on a project for myself, that is the easiest way because it's like, 132 00:09:43.149 --> 00:09:46.549 okay, these are the motions I'm having, this is the subject matter I 133 00:09:46.669 --> 00:09:48.909 want to use and I'm going to use these things to create something, to 134 00:09:48.950 --> 00:09:54.059 tell a story, hopefully that other people can understand. But then there's also 135 00:09:54.059 --> 00:09:56.700 opportunities where, as an artist, you just want to create things that maybe 136 00:09:56.700 --> 00:10:01.340 you don't intend for people to understand. So that's a completely different category. 137 00:10:01.860 --> 00:10:05.580 And the third, usually for me, is working with somebody where they come 138 00:10:05.659 --> 00:10:09.730 to you and say this is kind of what I want to do, what 139 00:10:09.970 --> 00:10:15.330 is your vision? How can we make this work together? And you know, 140 00:10:15.370 --> 00:10:18.570 a lot of times I don't even think maybe either of us can know 141 00:10:18.809 --> 00:10:22.960 exactly what the story is going to be that is being told or the motion 142 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:26.360 that's going to come out of the real images that are produced. But you 143 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.639 know, just an example, you know, I've had people come to me 144 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:31.559 with items from, like their cancer treatment and they're like, you know, 145 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:37.549 I want to be photographed with this to remember, like the battle that I 146 00:10:37.750 --> 00:10:41.309 went through. What can we do? And that's where you sometimes can't describe 147 00:10:41.309 --> 00:10:45.909 it. You know, it's just that final image that's produced somehow just the 148 00:10:46.070 --> 00:10:50.940 emotions come out. Other examples of you know, photograph people for like they're 149 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:56.019 sixty five birthday and they've always wanted to do like a partially nude photo shoot 150 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:58.700 and they never got the courage until they were sixty five years old, and 151 00:10:58.740 --> 00:11:03.019 then once that time comes and they put that trust in your hand as an 152 00:11:03.059 --> 00:11:07.210 artist, you're like, oh my God, it's a little overwhelming. It 153 00:11:07.289 --> 00:11:11.450 can be intimidating because you know you want that person to feel good about themselves. 154 00:11:13.450 --> 00:11:20.399 So it's not always a cookie cutter process, but it usually still ends 155 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:24.360 up with the result of cookies. We can definitely tell that you work with 156 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:28.279 a lot of different people. What are three things that you've learned about people 157 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:33.070 from your work? Being a photographer, a portrait photographer, definitely teach you 158 00:11:33.230 --> 00:11:39.029 that we all have insecurities, like every single person. There's not an exception 159 00:11:39.110 --> 00:11:43.710 in the book. And I guess also, I mean we all just want 160 00:11:43.710 --> 00:11:48.299 to feel good and look good and present ourselves to the world in a way 161 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:54.820 that we feel sexy and beautiful, no matter what our size, shape, 162 00:11:54.220 --> 00:11:58.539 you know, gender, it is. It just we all want to feel 163 00:11:58.580 --> 00:12:03.649 fabulous. Really, I guess third thing for me would just kind of be 164 00:12:03.809 --> 00:12:07.129 the I mean I have a tattooed on my wrist, is we are beautiful 165 00:12:07.929 --> 00:12:11.210 and I think deep down, hopefully, everybody can feel that at some point 166 00:12:11.529 --> 00:12:15.490 and I know sometimes it gets a little hard to remember that. You know, 167 00:12:15.690 --> 00:12:18.559 myself included. There's not their days where I don't feel beautiful, but 168 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:22.320 you just have to keep like reminding yourself. That's kind of been a mission 169 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.279 statement, I guess, in a way or form for my photography for quite 170 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:26.600 a few years. Is that we all are beautiful and you know, we 171 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:31.029 all have a different, different beauty to bring to the table. If you 172 00:12:31.149 --> 00:12:33.710 looked at all of your work, what would you say your message is to 173 00:12:33.789 --> 00:12:37.669 the world? You know for a few years now on my website that right 174 00:12:37.710 --> 00:12:43.710 at the beginning it says individuals expressing their sexuality and identity, the nate beauty 175 00:12:43.789 --> 00:12:48.379 of desire, sex of life. It's enjoyable for me, when I photograph 176 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:54.539 people, to show different humans, different body shapes, different genders, because 177 00:12:54.539 --> 00:13:01.490 I believe that representation in my artwork, like I want it to be diverse. 178 00:13:01.570 --> 00:13:07.210 The leather and fetish scene, I know within that category itself. You 179 00:13:07.289 --> 00:13:13.519 know, I remember years back like it was just all white dudes and in 180 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:18.559 leather, and now slowly we're starting to see a lot more people of color, 181 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:26.190 you know, a lot more non binary representation, transgender reser representation and 182 00:13:26.909 --> 00:13:33.710 also women represented, and it's it's nice to see just my few years within 183 00:13:33.789 --> 00:13:39.789 the leather community that change kind of slowly happening. I'm glad to be a 184 00:13:39.870 --> 00:13:41.620 part of it too, you know, like that's one thing in my photography 185 00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:48.139 work that I do make a conscious effort to make sure that I'm showcasing different 186 00:13:48.179 --> 00:13:52.419 humans, because that is, as a photographer, I believe, our job. 187 00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:56.649 You have always been very, very conscious and I've always appreciated that about 188 00:13:56.690 --> 00:14:01.649 you. And what I appreciate about you is that you put the work out 189 00:14:01.730 --> 00:14:05.970 there and just let it be what it is. It's not trying too hard, 190 00:14:05.970 --> 00:14:09.879 it's not fake, it's very much you see beauty in everything, and 191 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.159 so that's what you're putting out there. I think that in at least are 192 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:18.840 small little community, you have probably changed the way people, I guess, 193 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:22.440 imagine our view and images. You know what different communities look like. Oh 194 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.789 that's very kind of you, is say from your experience, what advice would 195 00:14:26.789 --> 00:14:31.269 you have for others who may want to do the same thing or be successful 196 00:14:31.350 --> 00:14:35.590 in their own craft? When it goes for advice for other artists, I 197 00:14:35.909 --> 00:14:41.539 I mean I have multiple artist friends and the first thing that usually always comes 198 00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:46.220 up in conversations is just try. You have to try. If you don't 199 00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:50.500 try something, it's not going to happen, whether it's the smallest little obstacle 200 00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:54.769 or a huge project that you want to handle, you have to create and, 201 00:14:54.929 --> 00:15:00.450 as many artists, I from myself, two thousand and twenty was a 202 00:15:00.490 --> 00:15:05.049 year that I really had to force myself to create, because otherwise you go 203 00:15:05.210 --> 00:15:07.840 crazy and people joke around thinking, Oh, you know, artists always say 204 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:11.919 they need to create to feel, you know, like they're doing something or 205 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:16.159 feel alive. And girl, it's true. If you're not creating, it's 206 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:22.309 like you don't feel that drive. So for anybody that it doesn't matter your 207 00:15:22.350 --> 00:15:26.470 age, if you're just young old, if you want to create something and 208 00:15:26.629 --> 00:15:33.590 you feel that desire to do it, just do it. And one of 209 00:15:33.629 --> 00:15:39.539 my favorite quotes is a Andy warhol quote, and he said, while people 210 00:15:39.539 --> 00:15:43.500 are judging your art, make more, or I believe it might have been. 211 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:48.539 If people are deciding whether they like or dislike your art, make more. 212 00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:52.450 But the point is like make it, stop worrying about what people are 213 00:15:52.490 --> 00:15:54.450 going to think about it and just do it. And it's scary though, 214 00:15:54.490 --> 00:15:58.129 because, you know, when I first started, I was always so worriedble 215 00:15:58.129 --> 00:16:00.289 what are people going to think? What are they gonna you know, if 216 00:16:00.330 --> 00:16:02.490 I take a picture that, are they going to think I'm weird? Are 217 00:16:02.529 --> 00:16:03.960 they? You know, why is that guy in a gas masks, those 218 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:08.879 type of things? And now it's like, I don't care what anybody thinks. 219 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:11.240 If I want to take a photo of something, I take it and 220 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:15.200 put it out into that world because that's just the way it has to go, 221 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:15.960 and if somebody likes it, they like it. If they don't, 222 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:21.990 they don't, all right. So last question. In your own words, 223 00:16:22.230 --> 00:16:26.590 what do you think the key is to a happy and fulfilled life? The 224 00:16:26.669 --> 00:16:30.990 key to a happy and fulfilled life is kind of like we said earlier, 225 00:16:30.309 --> 00:16:34.980 if you want to do something, go do it. Life is is short 226 00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:38.419 and it's happening right now. Like, if you are inspired by something, 227 00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:42.940 run with it. That's how I found happiness. Over you know, especially 228 00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:47.730 in my s, it was like if I wanted to go on a trip 229 00:16:47.850 --> 00:16:51.370 to see something, I would go. If I wanted to create a memory 230 00:16:51.490 --> 00:16:53.409 with my friends, create that. If I wanted to do a certain art 231 00:16:53.409 --> 00:16:57.490 exhibit or a show or do a photo series on a certain topic, just 232 00:16:57.649 --> 00:17:03.720 do it. One of the one of my favorite exhibits I've ever done is 233 00:17:03.839 --> 00:17:07.720 that we are Trans Gallery, and it literally was me and a friend and 234 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:11.720 we were just chit chatting about how cool it would be to have an exhibit 235 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:14.720 with people's photographs and then them tell their stories, and we both just looked 236 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:15.509 at each other and we're like, well, let's do it, you know, 237 00:17:15.910 --> 00:17:21.150 and we just did it and it affected so many people and was such 238 00:17:21.150 --> 00:17:25.549 a good, positive experience, not only for us but for the people involved 239 00:17:25.670 --> 00:17:26.990 and then for the people that got to come and see the exhibit, and 240 00:17:27.190 --> 00:17:30.180 one of the most fulfilling moments of my entire life, you know. And 241 00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:33.619 it just goes back to the simple concept of if you want to do it, 242 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:37.940 do it. Speaking of exhibits, do you have anything planned for two 243 00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:41.900 thousand and twenty one that we can know about now? I am still working 244 00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:47.650 with the Hennepin Trust, which is the theater company down here on a few 245 00:17:47.730 --> 00:17:52.210 things coming up for the year. So there's that, and then hopefully going 246 00:17:52.369 --> 00:17:57.130 to be having an exhibit. That was supposed to happen last year but didn't. 247 00:17:57.329 --> 00:18:00.720 So but I don't want to say where, when or anything like that 248 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:06.200 because I'm not sure those details. But my quite photographycom has my links to 249 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:11.200 everything. Twitter, instagram, facebook. So all the informations there and it 250 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:14.549 will be there as soon as it's available. All right. Well, if 251 00:18:14.630 --> 00:18:19.230 you want to know the latest on Ryan, that is quite photographycom and follow 252 00:18:19.269 --> 00:18:22.630 him on social media, definitely check out his instagram, which is what's your 253 00:18:22.630 --> 00:18:27.339 instagram? Quite photography? Quite photography. He is posting stuff all the time. 254 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:32.819 It's very interesting. I followed myself. I highly recommend and thank you 255 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:36.140 so much, Ryan, for coming on sack size and sharing your life with 256 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:40.299 us. It is definitely so good to have you, especially since you've been 257 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:42.329 such a huge part of my journey. Well, thank you so much. 258 00:18:42.450 --> 00:18:47.329 I was happy to be here. 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