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OHR: Hmmm. There are many, many reasons why, but I could maybe just say because I didn't enjoy it any more. I have to enjoy everything I do, and the way things had turned out with photography (the shift towards digital, the internet, the flood of images on the market, late payments from clients, etc) made it harder to keep on enjoying it. The way I saw it, I could embrace the 'new reality' and find a way to enjoy the good bits of what was happening, or I could walk away having loved my time as a photographer but try something else, and that's what I did. I didn't want to get to the age of 40 and still be a photographer, but be complaining that it wasn't like it used to be. So instead I began writing.
Ironically enough, I think that in writing my novel and beginning my [http://www.ohrobsson.com/ website and blog], I will have found a perfect way for me to continue with photography, but without the commercial side of it that I found so difficult and frustrating. Now I have the perfect freedom to blend words, photography, and films into my [http://www.ohrobsson.com/ blog], and it's a more relaxed way to do it, which suits me far better.
* '''BB: The west coast of Norway: is there any better place to live?'''
