This was a good day.
Woke up, took my sweet Annie out for a quick walk, then got ready for work and hopped in a cab. Work was nice, and steady, nothing crazy good and nothing crazy bad. But let me tell you what I was real happy about. I finally had a routine! I felt like I knew what I was doing, and I didn't feel like I needed to ask someone for something everywhere I turned.
That felt good.
But lets me honest. I would rather be in Guam.
Guam, USA
Documentary Arts Asia
Sometimes things happen, just to tell you to keep moving forward. To keep doing what your doing.
For a while, I have been struggling with finding my place in the photography world. For a while, I have quit trying to "make" it as a photographer professionally and decided to become an enthusiast, since really, thats what I am. I just want to love it, and let it be part of me, and eventually I will find out how I am a part of the photography world.
So, I went to the Foundry Workshop for Documentary Photography in Thailand this last summer. It was incredible, and I got to me many photojournalist who's work I have been following for years. I was nervous the entire time, as most participants are very talented, and working photojournalists. It is not a competitive atmosphere, it is a learning and networking one.
To be honest, I almost didn't even submit my story because I was not feeling confident in my photographs. But, alas, my wonderful teacher Andrea Bruce, encouraged me to.
Documentary Arts Asia, chose 24 photographs from the entire workshop to go in an exhibit. And they chose mine. Wait, what? I couldn't believe it. You can read about and eventually view the exhibit here.
"This exhibition represents Chiang Mai, as seen through the hearts and lenses of some of the most talented young photographers in the world right now." -Documentary Arts Asia. I don't mind to have been numbered among them.
I will post my entire story on Elephant Rehabilitation in Thailand soon.
Thailand Snippet
Going through my Thailand pictures, and I saw this and remembered how I loved this moment. We were walking up on to a see one of the hundreds of temples in Thailand, and there were these dancers, and amongst them this little sweet girl. I picture what it must have been like prior to coming to the temple for her that day. Possibly, she didn't want to go, because I know if I was her age, I probably would have been wanting to do plenty of other things. Or maybe she did want to go, but got really bored after the first 30 min. Either way I love it, she took me out of where I was, and made me think, kids are kids, no matter where they are in the world.