My Travels

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Worldwide | Wednesday, September 15, 2010 | 5 photos

If you ask around, among my friends and family, they will tell you I am the girl that is always off to some far away place, camera in hand, journal close by. If you ask me, I will tell you that is what makes me feel most alive and to fulfill the dream of journeying with National Geographic would only further strengthen my belief that the world is boundless and grand.
This particular group of photos I have submitted were taken on a recent trip to Nepal. I was traveling for a month, volunteering my photojournalism skills with several non-profit organizations. In addition to documenting a Moving Medical Camp that provided health care to villagers in rural parts of the country, I also worked in Kathmandu with programs dedicated to helping impoverished women and children.
It was my first time in Nepal and from the moment I left the confines of the airport, it was an assault on my senses that never left. There was so much life pouring out onto the streets - a dazzling array of sounds, smells, colors, noise, smoke, faces and light. On any given day, there was beauty, death, spirituality, friendship and poverty all around you.
It is my hope that the judges will view these images and feel the sense of place that they come from. As a photographer, I record these moments and people as a way to see into a mirror - to find a connection with strangers half a world away and to show others a little of the world I see.