Dead Man 2.0

Drinking with a Dead Man was first published in the spring of 2004, and, after enduring a short run of abstract rambling, it quickly joined the half-dozen other blogs (There is Water at the Bottom of the Ocean, Attention Must Be Paid, Shine, Blueeyes, 6'1, etc.) that I've enjoyed pulling the plug on since the beginning of college. And now much like Jesus, who, funny story, I recently met, and after way more than 3 days, I'm excited to bring this old blog back to life and perhaps learn a few new tricks with its help.

Dead Man 2.0 will be a lot different than its previous version -- especially because there will be absolutely no stream-of-conscious writing, fiction or otherwise. What I will be focusing on is creating a collection of my thoughts and difficulties surrounding my life as a freelance photographer living in Miami, Florida. I'm making this effort in an attempt to organize and find meaning and motivation through my experiences -- and If I happen to share a bit of advise to anyone else, super duper.

As a starting off point... this is who I am and what I'm doing:

John Loomis is a 26-year old freelance photographer based in his native Florida, working primarily for international magazine clients such as Newsweek, ESPN the Magazine, and People. While he works very hard to cultivate a list of clients and complete assignment work in as professional and interesting manner as possible, he is not nearly fulfilled by it, and dreams of bigger and better photojournalism assignments he hopes to land in the future. He is not nearly alone in this dream. John's main outlet for his deeper passion within photography is his work on long term documentary projects focused on social, political, and environmental issues. Also connected to his love for project work, he is the creator and editor in chief of a small but important online photography magazine called Blueeyes Magazine.

John lives in a swanky loft apartment in Miami's warehouse district with his very cool, supportive, and beautiful girlfriend. They remain petless. When not working on assignment or personal projects, John battles with immense boredom... often spending entire days watching old DVDs, obsessively checking news sites, his e-mail, and website stats, drinking coffee, bemoaning his lack of work with other freelance photographers, listening to music, going swimming, and reading novels and non-fiction works of various stripes. He recently re-read the complete stories of Sherlock Holmes for the 4th time.

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