Ojai Photographer Captures Queen’s Historic Visit
By Misty Volaski
In 25 years, Ojai photographer Joe Sohm has never accepted an assignment from anyone but himself.
And he likes it that way. It frees him up to create his own assignments, all of which fall into the same basic category: democracy and the American experience.
He’s sent himself to all 50 states, to big cities and teensy towns, to high school baseball games and Mardi Gras. He covered the events of 9/11, and even photographed Bill Clinton’s successful campaign for the presidency in 1992. He’s out on the road about one-third of the year, “sleeping in RVs and Motel 6s, people’s houses,” said Sohm. And he wouldn’t have it any other way.
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just another example of how many talented people live in ojai and virtually go unnoticed.Can we blame this on the City Council, too? I sure hope so. My tomatoes have early blight, and I’m pretty sure it’s the Council’s fault. And that puked-up furball on my bathroom rug? It has Council written all over it.
just another example of how many talented people live in ojai and virtually go unnoticed.