Hi friends. It's been a while since I approached the space as an artist. but after almost 2 years, I figured it was time to pick up my camera again and do what I love. Creating art.

Photographer from the San Francisco Bay Area.

I remember selling out a collection in under 12 hrs and selling a 1/1 for 5ETH (🤯!).

I remember staying up all night, having conversations with people from all over the world and all walks of life.

We were all trying to figure this NFT thing out. It was our new toy and we were all sharing it. We gave each other advice, we laughed, we did a few rap battles, we bought each other's art, and most importantly, we all looked forward to the next Twitter Space. We didn't know those would be "the good old days" now.

The web3 space pulled me in so much, that I left my "regular" dream job to work on one of the best NFT Marketplaces where I got to help some amazing artists (@killeracid, @XCOPYART, @cathsimard_, and many more!) mint some of their best work. It was such a gratifying experience.

Then the bear market came around, and well, let's say we all got brought back to earth.

2022 was both the best and the worst year when it came to my creativity, I minted my last piece but also stopped taking photos. 2023 came around, ETH memecoins came and went. 2024 is now seeing SOL memecoins (is this still a thing or is the craze over?).

And now after what seems to be forever, I cleaned up the dust from my camera and opened my photography library. 

I guess all of this to say, I'm feeling a little minty lately. I know it's not like it was before but that's cool. I just kind of miss the feeling of putting some art out into the blockchain. We shall see.

If you made it this far, here's your reminder to drink more water!

- alter

If you know me, chances are we hung out on Twitter Spaces in the early days. We probably talked about art, met a ton of new people, and occasionally talked about crypto and the blockchain.

I remember seeing so many friends come into the space, mint their first NFT, and then go on to become incredibly successful at it!