Kilimanjaro https://journals.worldnomads.com/nathanshanks/ Thu, 9 Apr 2026 00:43:11 GMT World Nomads Adventures I started taking photos when I was 15. I had a back condition known as 'Scheuermann's disease'. Basically, one of my vertebrae didn't form correctly so I had to stop all sport - which is what I loved to do - to allow it to recover. This began a very dark time of my life so my Dad bought me a 400D to try and keep me occupied. I loved it. I took more and more photos, I got addicted. I would invest my birthday money into getting new gear. I just couldn't stop shooting - bugs, landscapes, people, city, gigs, products, events; anything I had access to I shot. Then I started studying Visual Arts & Design at ACU and I felt like it was a selfish, self absorbed career. I couldn't see how I could make the world a better place by taking photos. So I moved to Frankston to help my brother and his wife (Salvation Army Ministers) with the youth work they did there. I was there for 2 years, seeing the most broken, abused, dis-advantaged and hurt people. I knew I couldn't live for myself, but for these people. Recently I've discovered that I can combine what I love to do, with the people who I ought to help. To use a camera to make a positive impact in this world is what I want to do. https://journals.worldnomads.com/nathanshanks/photos/36577/Tanzania/My-Scholarship-Entry-The-top-of-Africa-Mount-Kilimanjaro Travel Tanzania nathanshanks https://journals.worldnomads.com/nathanshanks/photos/36577/Tanzania/My-Scholarship-Entry-The-top-of-Africa-Mount-Kilimanjaro#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/nathanshanks/photos/36577/Tanzania/My-Scholarship-Entry-The-top-of-Africa-Mount-Kilimanjaro Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:38:00 GMT 0