Alex Stoddard

I'm amazed by the fact that this photographer is only seventeen years old, hes undertaken a personal 365 day project where he takes photos each day for a year and is well re knowned for this project. I've seen others try persue this type of project, the majority of the people that actually do this dont actually last for very long. Stoddard tried to constantly better himself, seeing as couple months before perusing this project he stated that he "wasn't seeing that much of a difference." He wanted to see a type of growth within himself, so that drive, that subconscious need of completion was something he wanted to show. As I mentioned before, people have attempted to do this type of project but sort of loose focus and time to actually do it. Seeing as to some people it might completely phase them, because that motivation just isn't there. In one of the interviews Stoddard was in a question in which was asked was,

"What was the biggest challenge in completing this project?" 

He then clearly stated that the biggest challenge for him was managing his own time, he works in a restaurant part time. He neglected his own sleep and social life in order to produce this personal project of his. Which questions how far are we willing to sacrifice, in order to get to where we want/what we want to achieve in the end? Seeing as you will loose out in some things.