Chronicles of a year-long break-up

Life at 4000 metres.

Peru | Tuesday, November 8, 2011 | 4 photos

One of the things I most love about photography, and the thing I love most about this particular set of pictures is the sense of connection. Photography brings people together – friends, family and complete strangers – to create a perfect moment. And for that moment when you stand looking at each other through the camera lense in a glance, a smile or a frown, there is a human connection. You create a moment that, even years later when you have moved on to something new, is still sitting there just waiting to remind you of that time you trekked to Maccu Pichu, or the time a little girl screamed with laughter as her baby alpaca blew raspberry kisses into her cheek. Photography is more than just a frame, it’s a door into a perfect moment, to a thousand perfect moments and that is why I love it.



I spend my life tinkering with photos, mulling over colours, examining light and playing with contrasts. They say that mathematicians think in numbers and writers think in words. If that is the case, I think in images. For an entire year I travelled the world with my girlfriend and my camera, never more than an arm’s length away from either and the opportunity to work on my photography full-time was certainly one of the best parts of the trip (but don’t tell her that). It would make my year if I were to win this competition. The chance to learn from a National Geographic photographer is an absolutely priceless opportunity that I would take full advantage of. I already have a list of questions as long as my arm to ask him – the first? Fancy swapping jobs?