They say you can't understand someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes. Well, I couldn't exactly swap shoes with Jack Huffman—known to highway travelers and locals as Jax—so I did the next best thing. I walked alongside him on a sun-drenched slice of highway 277, right between Heber and Snowflake, Arizona.

Learn the surprising connections between the birth of photography and today's AI in art.

In an era where the worth of every click, like, and share can feel like a personal measure, the connection between social media and creativity walks a tightrope. As photographers, we willingly step into the allure of platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, enticed by promises of exposure and inspiration. However, let's be real—it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Sometimes, these platforms become the silent underminers of our creative confidence.