The Locals of Kenh Ga

The Locals of Kenh Ga

Vietnam | Monday, December 3, 2012 | 5 photos

I’ve always wanted to be a photojournalist – a cliché way to begin, but it’s true. I’m a 20-year-old studying a Bachelor of Communication/Journalism at The University of Queensland. I’ve always lived in Brisbane, but I’ve travelled through Australia, America, Europe, New Zealand, and Asia. My everyday life consists of studying, exercise, and seeing friends and family – a fairly typical life for someone my age – and my passions are travel, journalism, photography, culture, and art. I’ve always wanted a career in travel photography, but haven’t known how to pursue it; it has always seemed too good to be true. Recently, I visited Hanoi, Halong Bay, and Ninh Binh in Vietnam on a university reporting trip. I spent 10-days documenting the country and feel I got a true taste of travel photography. I was lugging tripods and Canon cameras around cities and it was worth every minute. I love photography because it adds to and frames perfect moments, it can evoke raw emotions that text cannot, and it creates something out of nothing. This is why I want to pursue this career. I want to transport people to scenes they cannot witness, and ignite emotions within them. This is what I want to do.