Cole13's Profile // Bloggers // BlogCatalog

Cole13's profile Josh Cole / Member since January 2006 / Last seen 24 days ago

A recent self taught photographer, Josh Cole sees his new medium as a natural extension and progression of his education and career as a designer. If pressed, he admits to having “very little prejudicial thought or bias” toward the subjects he shoots in casual settings. “I have no idea what I might see or encounter that grabs my attention. I count on subjects to present themselves. I’m not a shot stalker with a well defined genre path, though I do love architecture, photo manipulation and the occasional rooster line-up.”

The son of a sculptor/biker dad and hippy/biker chick mom, Josh felt a clear sense of purpose and direction into his education in visual communication and pop culture. Some of his earliest recollections are of watching his father pursue his craft and passion to sculpt, not to mention getting dropped off at school on the back of a chopped Norton. Josh made his first sculpture, a pirate ship, from rat bones he found in the desert near his home in Prescott, Arizona. His dad still has the piece.

Josh found it easy to decide that storytelling and communication through visual images was what he wanted to do with his life. College allowed him to experiment with various contexts and media, including 3D animation, special effects makeup and classic visual communication. Upon graduating with a degree in 3D Design, he launched out as a designer and has been pursuing it ever since. “Career wise,” Josh says, “I just followed the direction my dad gave me before graduating high school. He told me, ‘It doesn't matter one bit what you choose to do just make sure your happy doing it.’ I don’t think I could be happy doing anything else, except possibly fishing! As to art, generally, I’m grateful to have the opportunity to apply the visions in my brain to the images I can produce on these magical machines like my camera and computer.”

Josh Cole lives and works in Franklin, TN.

Influences:
Mark Holthusen
Jim Fiscus
Mark Holthusen