WEBVTT 00:04.840 --> 00:07.360 I like producing any kind of art 00:07.360 --> 00:09.471 whenever I have the time , because it 00:09.471 --> 00:12.170 helps me escape . When it comes to 00:12.180 --> 00:14.370 going to work every day , or being a 00:14.370 --> 00:16.660 husband or being a father , there's 00:16.660 --> 00:18.882 going to be stressors that kind of pile 00:18.882 --> 00:21.280 up on top of one another . So being 00:21.280 --> 00:24.250 able to kind of just escape be myself . 00:24.810 --> 00:26.921 It really does help to be ableto have 00:26.921 --> 00:29.370 the time to do something that I enjoy 00:29.370 --> 00:32.570 and to escape . I am Airman First Class 00:32.570 --> 00:34.792 Cory Davis . I am a photojournalist for 00:34.792 --> 00:36.681 the six 28th Air Base Wing Public 00:36.681 --> 00:39.910 Affairs Office . The piece I'm working 00:39.910 --> 00:43.710 on right now is a sort of self portrait 00:43.710 --> 00:45.543 with a bit of cartoonish emotion 00:45.543 --> 00:47.600 attached to it , just trying out 00:47.600 --> 00:49.433 different styles at the moment . 00:49.740 --> 00:51.796 Normally , when it comes to deciding 00:51.796 --> 00:53.851 what it is that I want to do for any 00:53.851 --> 00:56.310 art piece , it varies . It's really 00:56.310 --> 00:58.421 whatever inspires me that day or week 00:58.421 --> 01:00.532 or month . So there two pieces that I 01:00.532 --> 01:03.030 hold very dear to me . One of them is 01:03.030 --> 01:05.141 my first digital piece that I made an 01:05.141 --> 01:07.810 interactive media back in 2011 . Um , I 01:07.810 --> 01:10.820 only hold it there because it's kind of 01:10.820 --> 01:12.931 where I really started to take myself 01:12.931 --> 01:15.310 seriously . And from then until the 01:15.310 --> 01:17.450 Samuel Jackson piece that I made , I 01:17.450 --> 01:19.720 was always uncertain and how good I 01:19.720 --> 01:21.664 could possibly be when it comes to 01:21.664 --> 01:23.664 being an artist cause you're always 01:23.664 --> 01:25.776 uncertain . But when I got the Samuel 01:25.776 --> 01:27.776 Jackson peace finish , I was like , 01:27.776 --> 01:29.942 Maybe I'm onto something . My favorite 01:29.942 --> 01:32.164 part about the job in public affairs is 01:32.164 --> 01:34.109 the ability to take photos with my 01:34.109 --> 01:36.276 background . I enjoy the fact that I'm 01:36.276 --> 01:39.060 able to be creative . Uh , you can kind 01:39.060 --> 01:41.330 of transition that into photography as 01:41.330 --> 01:43.441 well . My favorite photo shoot that I 01:43.441 --> 01:45.420 have been on was with E eight 41st 01:45.420 --> 01:47.642 Transportation Battalion . I got to see 01:47.670 --> 01:50.010 all kinds of vehicles and all kinds of 01:50.020 --> 01:53.240 munitions and just different parts that 01:53.240 --> 01:55.670 go along with the military . The 01:55.670 --> 01:57.781 ability to be creative within the Air 01:57.781 --> 01:59.970 Force I feel , is important because 01:59.970 --> 02:03.050 you're able to put faces to the name . 02:03.610 --> 02:06.050 The Air Force isn't just ah , brand . 02:06.060 --> 02:09.580 It is . It's a job with it just being a 02:09.580 --> 02:11.691 lot of individuals from the outside , 02:11.691 --> 02:13.858 seeing it as oh , it's just uniforms . 02:13.858 --> 02:16.080 You don't really know the person behind 02:16.080 --> 02:18.640 the uniforms . Every person is unique 02:18.650 --> 02:20.428 and they have their own kind of 02:20.428 --> 02:22.539 interests , and me having the ability 02:22.539 --> 02:25.030 to highlight that interest or highlight 02:25.040 --> 02:27.660 the uniqueness of the person or the job 02:27.990 --> 02:31.860 is really , really important . I feel I 02:31.860 --> 02:34.170 am Airman First Class Cory Davis . I am 02:34.170 --> 02:36.360 an airman and I am also an artist .