Most Popular Books by Richard Ross

A book of interviews with the figures responsible for the establishement of modern fly fishing in America.

This book is based on 18 years in the field creating photo and audio journalism in and around the juvenile justice system. This is my world, my issue, my passion. The book is written from the perspective of someone whose primary medium was photography but I believe the ideas work for activists and artists across multiple fields.Many of the notes are punctuated by my experiences with and information about the juvenile justice system. However, I hope you find that these experiences and concepts also translate to your passions, your issues, and your worlds. The successes and failures I have experienced might have relevance for you.These notes are not meant to make me look or sound heroic, but they do require a certain amount of perseverance, dedication, and determination- to the point of compulsion. Sometimes the words seem contradictory; situations evolve and are nuanced. The path to change is often circuitous and non-linear.Forgive some of my personal anecdotes. I lived a life as an artist, photographer, documentor, and finally (or most recently) journalist and activist. I hope I don''t seem pretentious. I offer some history in the hope that the reader has the will and tools to shape the future.This book is for you to use, modify, quote, change, borrow and steal from. These are suggestions and ideas, not rigid paths to follow. I hope these translate enough to the field you have chosen to explore, work in, and impact.Not everything here will be applicable to your work. I hope that it is both ASPIRATIONAL and PRACTICAL.Perhaps there are one or two notes that resonate, that give you a kernel for an idea.Take, think, change, alter... It matters.Your willingness to do SOMETHING is important.