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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

South Africa | Saturday, January 5, 2013 | 4 photos

My name is Elizabeth Donnell, I am 20 years old living in Durban, South Africa.

I began the journey thinking I want a career but in the process I discovered that it's a lifestyle. Sadly I haven’t been able to break into the photographic market and so I'm still stuck in a job that is unrelated to photography. 

I'm applying, not for my strengths, but for my weaknesses. I realise that its a risk and if selected I am going to face many obsticles that most candidates would have overcome but I feel I would excel and all of my abilities would be spent on this project. I'm drawn to colours and patterns, and I have a compulsion for natural beauty and try capture true emotion in my images, and I hope these aspects will show. I worry that I'll lose photo opportunities because of inexperience or ignorance, but I wish to learn as much as I can and would love the opportunity for a mentor as many lessons are learnt through experience.

I feel you should choose me for this opportunity because I have a passion for both travel and photography, I am eager to learn, and having a basic knowledge of psychology helps me have a natural inclination for story telling through images.