A place I have visited

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Ethiopia | Tuesday, July 2, 2013 | 5 photos

I was 10 years old, my family gathered to celebrate the birthday of my brother. The day was exciting for me because my mother borrowed a camera from our neighbors. All I needed was one moment to cause the unexpected. I fall trying to take a picture of a bird on a tree. The fact that I broke our neighbors’ camera, may be the only camera in our neighborhood, made me enemy of the state. Nonetheless, like a proverb ‘a curse comes with its own blessing,’ After some spank from my mother and long advice from my grandfather, I was given the broken camera.
Photography is about capturing moments, expressing self, and telling story. Though am not a professional photographer, photography for me is a completion of the self search and the connection to the fraction of moments that made my fingers press the button to take the picture I think has more than an image.
I live in a country with rich culture. Here diversity is a gift of nature with an ever increasing temptation to capture and share the moments to the rest of the world. I can say I am in the frontline of sharing this wonderful experience.