Hard Driving Rock and Roll https://journals.worldnomads.com/kerri_dawn/ Thu, 9 Apr 2026 22:23:51 GMT World Nomads Adventures Life happens in small moments that many people miss or take for granted. Photography is a way for those of us who see these seemingly inconsequential flickers of time, appreciate them for what they really mean, and immortalize them in print. A great photograph is the perfect storm of variables. When I have a camera in my hand, the whole world changes and slows down. I can suddenly see the variables, light bouncing off every object, predict what will happen next, like the universe is handing me everything I need to get the shot. It is passion, skill, and raw intuition. I know that making art, traveling the globe, and teaching others what I learned is my lot in life, and photography is my ticket. I grew up in drought stricken Smalltowntexas, USA, a place you wouldn’t think would be the best location for amazing photography opportunities. But the truth is, those perfect instances I mention before can be found anywhere/everywhere and at any/all times. It just takes the right person to see them. I have seen them in Wichita Falls, Texas where I went to college, during two summers in London studying abroad, in New York City while I participated in a photography residency at the School of Visual Art, at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, MO during a photography internship, and countless other mini-adventures on the roads in between. I’m growing, and photography has played a huge part in the person I have become and am still evolving into. Using a lens to experience different cultures and trying new things has forced me to grow in ways I have never thought possible, and I am addicted. There is no better feeling than successfully capturing the image you crawled through the mud, climbed a tree, or hung out of a moving vehicle for. I don’t just like to take photographs, my soul needs to. This experience would strengthen me as a person, photographer, and teacher. https://journals.worldnomads.com/kerri_dawn/photos/51490/United-Kingdom/My-Scholarship-entry-Developing-Me-Influenced-by-London Travel United Kingdom kerri_dawn https://journals.worldnomads.com/kerri_dawn/photos/51490/United-Kingdom/My-Scholarship-entry-Developing-Me-Influenced-by-London#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/kerri_dawn/photos/51490/United-Kingdom/My-Scholarship-entry-Developing-Me-Influenced-by-London Sat, 22 Nov 2014 14:30:00 GMT 0 I remember as a child flipping through “National Geographic” magazines in my small Texas town, dreaming of the trips I could take and of the amazing places I could see. During high school I got my first digital camera for my seventeenth birthday. I did not realize how important this camera would become until my father’s death the following year. I discovered the importance of what a photograph can mean and the memories it can preserve. If a photograph is really worth a thousand words, imagine what kind of stories I could tell. So this leads me on, to explore angles, space, reflections, portraits, emotions, and light. I strive to make forms make sense visually and to trust that the metaphor, the story, and the beauty will follow. I recently graduated and am at a crossroads in my life. The question “what are you going to do after you graduate” has been asked more times than I can count. My response, “I want to work for National Geographic and become a travel photographer.” This is what I have wanted since I was the little girl flipping through those National Geographic’s. Being a part of this experience and learning from Jason Edwards would be a dream come true. https://journals.worldnomads.com/kerri_dawn/photos/42021/USA/Hard-Driving-Rock-and-Roll-Governors-Island-New-York Travel USA kerri_dawn https://journals.worldnomads.com/kerri_dawn/photos/42021/USA/Hard-Driving-Rock-and-Roll-Governors-Island-New-York#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/kerri_dawn/photos/42021/USA/Hard-Driving-Rock-and-Roll-Governors-Island-New-York Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:23:00 GMT 0