Hello, my
name is Faye and I am a Wildlife Conservation student in the UK. When I was ten,
I got my first camera, a lovely compact flash by Canon. When I was twelve, I
put up a map on my wall and put a pin in every place in the world I wanted to
see. Seven years on, more pins have been added and there are now dozens, along
with pictures of animals I want to see in those places. And that lovely compact
flash has been replaced by an SLR along with thousands of pictures over the
years.
When I
finished school in the Netherlands, I was lucky enough to visit the amazing
island of Hawaii, also known as the Big Island. It is characterised not only by
the beautiful Hawaiian culture, but also by the world’s most active volcano:
Kilauea. I hope to convey the story of Kilauea’s power in my pictures, which
show the beaches that nowadays are popular for surfing, but what, underneath
the black sand, once used to be a village.
There is
nothing I feel more passionate about than wildlife and teaching people about
it; why we need to conserve wildlife, why it is beautiful and why I love it so
much. Over the past years I have found that photography is not just a form of
art – it is a platform to reach out to people, to touch them and to provoke
thought about our world.
With this
scholarship, I could combine my three biggest passions: photography, wildlife
and travelling. I sincerely hope you can read the story in my pictures and feel
the way I felt when I saw new earth being created on Hawaii. Thank you, for
this opportunity, and all the best.
Faye Vogely
