They say a creative who doesn’t play is a boring one — a truth I embraced in 2024, one of my most productive years yet. I decided to fight the temptation to slump into creative complacency by scheduling monthly street photography sessions.

I picked up film photography in college and learned that it sharpens the artistic eye through its beautiful constraints: finite frames and no instant feedback. Armed with a 35mm camera and my trusty iPhone, I returned to film photography with renewed purpose, seeking to document my world and rediscover the art of noticing.