Perspective https://journals.worldnomads.com/openearth/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:49:56 GMT World Nomads Adventures 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 https://journals.worldnomads.com/openearth/photos/31410/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Travel Worldwide openearth https://journals.worldnomads.com/openearth/photos/31410/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/openearth/photos/31410/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:35:48 GMT 0