Name?
~Jaime Patterson

location?
~Richmond Va

What is your “day job”?
~secretary, or as I call it “Gal Friday”

your art medium?
~photography


website(s) featuring work?
~http://hiddenexposurephotography.com/

why do you choose to work a menial job? Is it a choice?
~i actually was doing secretarial and administrative work way before i accepted that i was an artist. i actually ignored that part of me all the way through college and did the safe route. about 6 years ago i picked up a camera and everything changed. i am working my menial job now to make sure i keep the lights on and the fridge especially during the colder months here in va.

does your “day job” effect your creativity?
~ it effects in when the day is absolutely perfect outside and i would much rather be out doing shoots or at a coffee shop working on edits. :) in all seriousness though having the “day job” does make it possible for me to afford gear and the bigger trips to weddings and portrait shoots up and down the state.

what was your last meal?
~the last meal i will count was homemade shrimp and grits.. actually that sounds like an excellent meal for tonight too… hmmm :)

two artists that you look up to?
~ the cliche answer which is also the truth but most of the people in my life i look up to. i have been insanely blessed with some talented creative types who make me step my game up often in my photography and my writing. since the beginning though diane arbus and sally mann have inspired me in many many ways, the way they document life and tell stories with ordinary folks speaks to the reason why i got into photography the ability to tell someone’s story with an image.. or a billion :)

If you could trade places with one living human/ animal for a day who and why would it be?

~i think this is the hardest question to answer. i would love to trade places with annie lebowitz because of how she sees her subject and her craft. there is the whole she got a chance to travel and meet all these bands but she was able to strike this level of intimacy with them that is hard to come by in the medium these days. i would love the chance to brush elbows with so many incredibly talented musicians and celebrities would be pretty awesome as well.

What would your “dream” life consist of?
~ my dream life would consist of having a home in a city center and living fully off my work. i would have a place where various artists could come and create (dark room, studio(both art and photography), recording studio) and share life and inspiration with one another. i would also travel with with my family and share as many people’s stories as i could.

do you like answering random questions?
~sure! why not! :)