The Bay Area Boxing Club 1993

This is a photograph by Nancy Andrews. It's called The Bay Area Boxing Club and it pictures 5 boxers in a boxing gym. I can only imagine what it might have been like, to be Nancy, to have been there, pointing and shooting the image, capturing what is in front of her, the intensity, the focus, the sweat, and the testosterone that you can almost smell. This artwork offers an interesting composition of people, poses and outfits. You can see their arms crossed, their hand wraps, and the details of tattoos. But here's the thing, I'm not sure it's all that different from my painting. As a painter, my goal is to catch the moment and share an experience with the world. Whether that is painting or photography, it is a conversation, an exchange of ideas, inspiring creativity. It's about understanding the ongoing and ever-changing narrative of the embodied expression of the artist.