Perspective

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Worldwide | Sunday, November 6, 2011 | 5 photos

My Story.

I have always had an interest in photography at an early age, where I got my first disposable film camera at the age of 13. However it wasn't until I was on a bus driving across Peru last month that I realised photography was more than just an interest, but a passion.
The bus ride was hot and rough. People were sitting shoulder to shoulder sweating due from the broken fan in the air conditioning. I stuck my head out the window gasping for fresh air. With my head out the bus I turned around behind me discovering that I was not the only one. A little Peruvian girl aged 4 years old who was a few rows back, was also enjoying the fresh chill by laughing and pulling funny faces at me. Even though I couldn't speak Spanish we both kept each other entertained for the remainder of the road trip by exchanging unique facials while our heads were blowing out the window. A moment that made me appreciate the beauty of traveling and photography.

Interacting with different cultures is the most fulfilling experience and I want to do this for as long as I can.
However, I have not always found it that easy to document these once in a life time opportunities. I want to learn how to become more confident behind the camera so that I can capture what I am experiencing.
Photography for me is a way of communicating and what drives me to take a better image each time is to try and freeze that moment of emotion and express it into a photograph!

Traveling for me, is the only thing that makes perfect sense. Not only do you learn about other cultures and customs you learn about yourself as a person. You grow.
Which is the reason I am applying for this scholarship, not only to learn from the best but most importantly continue to grow as a person while working hard so that my dream and ambition as a travel photographer becomes a reality!

Viet Tieu
Dunedin. New Zealand