TRUEBLURRYPHOTOS
Brady Scott
"THE WORLD RUNS ON PHOTOS."
My name is Brady Scott. I am a 20 year old sports and portrait photographer from Howard County, Maryland.
THE REASON
Q: "Why is your focus with your photography on the sport of running? I know you participated in cross country and track events when you were very little and ran for your high school's track team during your junior year, but you weren't ever good at it, so what's your connection to the sport? Why running?"
A: I wouldn't have been able to answer your question a year ago but now I can proudly say that I know the answer. I see myself in these people symbolically. I'm a runner. Not physically, but mentally. I feel that my entire life is going too fast, I'm going way too fast. I am constantly trying to outrun the past versions of me that are trying to eat me alive. Those versions of me are very sad people. They woke up everyday knowing that no matter what they did to feel better, they would always feel hopeless by the night. I'd love to run away from these past versions of me and just forget them but I have learned that I can't. I have to accept them and run along side them. I've always said the art of photography was a way to express myself and the emotions that conquer my brain but I never truly understood what I meant by that until now. I am the people in my photos. We are always trying to run away from the things inside of our minds that bring us pain but as we grow older, we're all learning that we have to face our brains. We have to learn to run along side our minds.
SPECIAL THANKS
I want to thank the following photographers:
Shawn Hubbard, Damon Baker, Elijah Agurs and Samantha Cho
for inspiring me to start my photography career and for teaching me how to improve.
Thank you to the following Howard High School staff:
Coach Zack Dickerson, Coach Tyler Wade, Coach Ross Hannon, Elizabeth DeFrances, my counselor Alexis Pappadeas, and my teacher Joshua McGoun for giving me the opportunities and support I needed to take off with my photography.
Thank you to Ben Thomas and Aaron Robison for giving me a shot at making my career even bigger by helping and allowing me to be a part of the 2023 Penn Relays social media team.
Thank you to Nico Drummond for supporting my photography and giving me the Howard High School Spirit award during the senior awards.
Thank you to James Baruch for gifting me a medal. "Athletes get medals all the time but I think you deserve one for all of the photos you capture." It's now my good luck charm.
Thank you to the following people:
Nicolas Voir, Anna Chalupa, Nicholas Villagaray, Kelley Kloncz, Ellie Reeb, Nicolo Potesta, Marcos Possemir, Bailey Ryan, Tyson Fisk, Jacqueline Holloway, Preston Henry, Nathan Howard, Jason Lee, Chance Meadows, Tommy Berlack, Joseph Brown, Jake Huble, Lyna Beraich, Molly Dehaven, Maddox Bates, Daniel Weems, Spence Marsden, Joseph Brainard, Jasmine Wilson, Alina Anthony, Alicia Anthony, Cameron Hindle, Elizabeth Walter, Daijah Lee-Standifer, Samantha Cho, Kyle Reardon, Alison Ferris, Jason Kush, Daniel Lascola, Winnie Kopparapu, Sam Barnhart, Lillian Cisna, Will Flagg, Aariz Sangi, Amadeus Davis, Kiley Mann, Olivia Calkins, Tyler Baruch, Nimrit Ahuja, Luke Wilson, Miyabi Henrikson, Jaydon McLaughlin, Amaan Makandar, Maggie Krieg, Amaya Cunningham, Ben Kim, Ryan Fitzgerald, Ateeb Ahmed, Seth Simpson, Mark Gutierrez, Adam Wilson and Juhi Mangukiya for being beams of support. Your kind words continue to keep me motivated with my goals.
Thank you to Ahmed Iqbal for being my best friend and for teaching me how to be strong.
Thank you to Om Maryankandy for being the biggest inspiration in my life. You have a beautiful heart.
Thank you to my family, my mother and father and my two siblings, Henry and Spencer for the constant stream of love and support. I am glad to have you all in my life.