This Once Was Home.

A 'place' I have visited

New Zealand | Thursday, July 4, 2013 | flickr photos

At school photography was just that subject I chose over physics, which then grew into a hobby. When I went away to university my Dad died, and I pushed away from university study and leant on photography.

Something tragically beautiful came out of my Dads sickness. He opened my eyes to the fact that we don’t all live until we’re 100, so don’t waste a second of it doing what doesn’t make you happy. Life is here to enjoy and if you’re not doing what you love, you’re not living. So I picked up my camera and my adventures started on my own back doorstep where I explored the beautiful countryside of southern New Zealand. I enjoy discovering the beauty photography can bring out even in the most neglected things in life.

I’m in my first year of art school where I am studying photography. When I heard of this scholarship with Jason Edwards I was just ecstatic thinking about how much I could learn not only about photography itself but the culture of country we’ll be exploring. The opportunity this scholarship would give me is a perfect taste of my dream job as a National Geographic Photographer.