About the Artist
BIOGRAPHY
I'm a college digital/creative media producer who specializes in filmmaking, photography, and creative writing with a bit of podcasting, animation, and cartooning on the side.
In high school, I took film and newspaper production classes which got me interested in digital media. From 2016-2018, I studied digital media at Leeward Community College and acquired my own personal equipment and editing software. However, I felt digital media was too limited and transferred to the University of Hawaii at West Oahu to expand my knowledge through Creative Media.
I'm now planning to graduate from UH West Oahu with my bachelor's degree in Creative Media (General) this spring, with plans to become a filmmaker or podcaster at an unspecified Hawaii business once the COVID-19 pandemic blows over. Until I graduate, I'm concentrating on "The Happiness Project", my official senior project which explores how mindful photography at home can cultivate engagement and happiness during the pandemic.
CONTACT
Tanner Isaacs
Twitter: @TannerIsaacs3
YouTube: TIsaacs
Email: tanneri@hawaii.edu
INSPIRATION
Early this January, my lung spontaneously collapsed and I was hospitalized for two weeks. During that time, I grew bored and wanted something to do, so I took pictures around my hospital room to document my unusual experience. Taking pictures reminded me of photo essay assignments I did last year in college and helped me to appreciate the care I was given at the hospital, as well as the documentation power of photographs.
I may have been delayed considerably by my injury, but as my professor reminded me, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I've designed this project not to make people feel sorry for me but to inspire them to savor the little things in life and to explore how applying photography, a simple yet creative practice of savoring, can affect one's happiness.
Click the button below to view the many photographs of savoring sent to me by my participants – my wonderful family.