"I went from being an underpaid ad man to quite a successful photographer in a very short time. Success breeds confidence and as soon as I got properly confident, I developed my own style. After that I never looked back."

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Derek Ridgers

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“How good something is should never be determined by its cost, designer, origin, or its perceived value by others.”
“I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason.”
“I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.”
“Heartache, Daphne eventually learned, never really went away; it just dulled. The sharp, stabbing pain that one felt with each breath eventually gave way to a blunter, lower acheâ€”the kind that one could almostâ€”but never quiteâ€”ignore.”
“There are no failures, only outcomes. As long as I learn something, I am succeeding.”
“So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised only for the good of mankind.”
“I am more likely to get paid for my art if it's presented alongside a white artist, so the questions around value and agency arise: What choices should I make, or do I have to make, if I want to be compensated for my work? Why isn't my art valued on its own?”
“I really forget that I have no arms or legs sometimes.”

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