Dream. Job.
So there I was at work today, second day on the job, taking notes on a pile of prints from the collection. I was studying each image intently, though it wasn’t necessary for the issue at hand and more just because I was nerding out over each spectacular shot. These images definitely deserve to be in a museum.
Anyway, I come across a lovely shot of trees where sunlight and shadow are playing across the whole scene, and I flip it over, record the accession number and the artist’s last name, Adams. I’m about to continue on to the next photograph in the stack when I take notice of a stamp on the back.
And realize I’m holding an Ansel Adams.
And freak out.
My entire job is a never-ending freak out concealed beneath a calm, collected demeanor. HOW AM I DOING SOMETHING THIS COOL. I don’t even believe it.
Oh and then this Dorothea Lange came along like it was no big deal:

…and the insane excitement is still continuing.