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EN: Images are not only demonstrative, simply published to add content, but can often be the stories themselves. This is why I have focused on capturing moments like these for the past 7 years.
EN: Portraits are important representations of the self. They can be used professionally, personally, or as art in of themselves. Through my photography, I strive to capture people and show them a piece of themselves one cannot observe in everyday life.
EN: Nature provides both solitude and connection: solitude from the apace quality of modern life, and connection with the self, and the outdoors.
"Nature will bear the closest inspection; she invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. She has no interstices; every part is full of life."
— Henry D. Thoreau, ”Natural History of Massachusetts"
EN: Past times are as important as careers. For some, kayaking and racing are their professions. The spirit of competition is what gives way to progress, and the individuals leading their respective disciplines are rarely dull.