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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Canada | Saturday, January 12, 2013 | 5 photos

Since I was very young, I have always had a fascination with photography. My dad used to regularly catch me fiddling with his Konica Minolta SLR. Eventually he gave in and on my 12th birthday I was given my own, older model, Olympus SLR.
Since then photography has been something I have always loved. It was later in life that I discovered my love of travel; a love that has had a very symbiotic relationship with my love of photography.
Last year I visited Jordan and fell in love with the culture of the middle east. To have the chance to capture the similar, though still vastly different culture of Oman would be a dream come true. Photo journalism has always been something I would love to see myself doing some day in the future, though the need, in the past, for a reliable income, and the difficulty to break into this world has held me back. This chance you are offering would be such an important tool for getting me into the world I long to be a part of; one of adventure, new experiences and encounters, new people and cultures, the challenges of meeting deadlines and completing assignments, as well as the problem solving and decision making that come with travel, are all what I crave.