Mel Stone   Photography Back to Gallery All my life I’ve been enamored of artists. After getting a BA in chemistry at St. Olaf College and a PhD in Economics and teaching at several universities, I became a television reporter-photographer (a one-man band). It was a glorious time and, because of the photography involved, I once remarked, “This is the closest I’ve ever come to being an artist.” My goal was to become a national economics correspondent. Fortunately, that did not happen—I say fortunately, because being a one-man band became a true love and nurtured my photographic skills. I’ve done TV stories for KVLY-TV in Fargo, ND, for more than 20 years. In late 2005 I bought my first digital still camera; shortly after that I bought a high-end inkjet printer. Both were liberating tools—no film wasted and no photo labs to contend with. I don’t necessarily want to document the world the way we all see it. I love to see the world in an unusual and, I hope, interesting and creative way.