On a January day in 2021, in the waning period of the COVID epidemic, we were feeling the need to reconnect and be inspired again. So when Atlanta's Apache Cafe called, were happy to oblige.

I remember when I used to attend ArtMonday’s at Atlanta’s Apache Cafe as simply a photographer and artist. I’d walk in from a hard workday of a grind that was not mind doing work that, while it was substantive, it was also soulless to me and would leave me drained. So when I would get here it was like a baptism for my soul; a creative baptism in a communion of artists, photographers, models, DJs all finding their voices. It was rejuvenating…