Not so Black and White

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

India | Friday, June 28, 2013 | 5 photos

I decided to go to India to volunteer with a friend, that didn't work out and I found myself boarding a flight to India by myself, primarily out of both pride and an incredibly stubborn streak.

What I found when I got to India was a version of myself I never knew existed. I travelled around the country worked with the sickest kids and had the most amazing time. I think I took over 1000 photographs terrified that one day I'd wake up and I wouldn't remember all of those experiences.

At the time I didn't realise just how affected I would be by the entire thing, it took me months after I got home before I could actually look at these photos!!

I can't remember a time when I didn't have a camera attached to my hand, it became second nature somewhere around age 12. What it has taken be a little longer to truly understand is the power of photography.

To capture something as untouchable as human emotion or that once in a lifetime moment is something so incredibly powerful that the world has become guilty of taking it for granted.

I want this opportunity to learn and explore for the simple reason that I adore photography and I believe it has the power to change lives. It changed mine.