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Published · transcript-backedKevin Kelly: evaluation
3 May 2023 Conversations with Tyler Kevin Kelly on Advice, Travel, and Tech
“” I found a photo editor in the phone book. And he graciously said, “You know, it doesn’t work that way, but when you come back, show me your photographs and we’ll take it from there.”
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- Kevin Kelly
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- 3 May 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…What was the job you took after dropping out? My job was to go to Asia and to photograph, and I didn’t know what I was going to do there, what I was going to photograph, but I wanted to be a photographer. I actually called up National Geographic. I was like a 19-year-old whatever. I called up National Geographic and I said, “I’m going to go to Taiwan and Japan. Do you need any photographs? ” I found a photo editor in the phone book. And he graciously said, “You know, it doesn’t work that way, but when you come back, show me your photographs and we’ll take it from there. ” He was good to his word, and I did. I decided to photograph and become a photographer. That was what my dream was. I hesitate to use such a general phrase, but the world of tech: what was your first entry point into that?…
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