I'm a professional photographer and drone operator in Sydney, Australia. I run Kess Media, working with government and infrastructure clients, and build photography tools at Pixelfetch. I discovered I have aphantasia at 49, after nearly thirty years behind the camera, and write about images, memory and how my mind works on Substack, The Empty Canvas
After decades behind a camera, a photographer learns his mind has never produced images, a discovery that explains his compulsive archiving, his instinctive way of shooting, and his lifelong habit of trusting what's in front of him over what's in his head.