The weekend of July Fourth, my camera bag was taken. Inside, I had everything: over eight thousand dollars worth of gear; camera, lenses, laptop, headphones, a mic, SD cards.

It completely shattered me, but I remained optimistic that it would turn up since I had a GPS tracker hidden within.

Alas, whoever took it ditched the tracker (it was recovered by the detective working the case).

I make my living doing my creative work, and I'm kindly asking if you can help me out to get just a lens and a camera so I can go back to doing my passion, livelihood, art.

The music community has already been incredibly helpful, letting me borrow someone’s camera to finish projects I had going on.