"I began taking pictures with a Kodak point-and-shoot when I was 8
years old. Since then my gear has changed but my love for photography
hasn't. In the newspaper business since college, I trace my photographic
roots back to my grandfather Rex Hardy Jr., who was a photographer for
Life Magazine in the 1930s documenting Hollywood and New York City.
Drawn to the narratives that unforld from everyday situations, I am
committed to documenting my community and the people who live here.
The stuff of daily life inspires my pictures: family, friends, transitory
moments, small towns, emptiness, silence, and intimacy and familiarity
often overlooked in the passing of time. I live in Missoula, Montana
with my wife Krista, and our dog Oslo."
"My wife Krista grew up in Montana and for the past five years I have
been slowly falling in love with it to the point where last summer we
decided to move here. I have spent my entire life in major cities and
finally came to the conclusion that I needed an escape. I wanted a peace
of mind that is often lost in the hustle and bustle of city living.
I traded the anonymity of crowded streets, buses and markets for the
miles and miles and miles of empty land. In a state where cows out number
people 3 to 1, I can't help but be drawn to the loneliness and isolation."
