Steve Crump is the elected District Attorney General for Tennessee's Tenth Judicial District. After his appointment by Governor Bill Haslam, he was elected and continues to serve the people of Tennessee's Tenth Judicial District.

My Story

Photographs are not snapshots. They both are images taken by a camera. They both capture a moment in time. But...they are very different things. I have taken thousands of snapshots. They are pictures that I still very much enjoy. They are pictures of things I wanted to remember. To preserve. They represented an instant that needed to be recorded...for me. It was my memory and really spoke to no one but me. And that's fine. A building, flower or my family...it was a moment that I wanted to preserve for my enjoyment later. A photograph...is something that speaks to anyone who sees it. A photograph tells a story or invites the viewer to construct a story. A photograph conveys emotion. It preserves a moment that should be captured for everyone. 

My first camera was a Polaroid SX-70 my parents bought me. I loved it. Film had the value of gold to me. Then my parents bought me a Kodak Instamatic. 126 cartridges changed my young life! I loved that camera and kept it for several years. In my junior year in high school, they gave me a Minolta manual focus X-700. I loved that camera...but then autofocus caught my attention. I am grateful that I learned to manually focus...but would hate to have to do it all the time now.

I moved into the digital age with point and shoot...and took thousands of snapshots. Then I bought a Canon Rebel...and have never looked back. I still use them. Nikon makes amazing cameras, I just happen to use Canon. Because the best camera is the one you have with you...my iPhone is used a lot as well.

Photographers are taught about light and aperture. Shadows, contrast framing. We learn the rules of composition...the rule of thirds....leading lines. Snapshots can have all of those things. A photograph moves from capturing to creating. It is the difference between history...and art. I consider myself an artist in training. I hope to always be that.