Like Sunshine,
This is one of the first photos that i took in the Dominican Republic. i had just turned 19, and it was my first time overseas. There were a number of children displaced from their homes in Hati and were living without parents in Bateys near the border. I was there to help build a kitchen in a church where the children were being fed. I have vivid memories of playing baseball with them, of riding in the backs of trucks down steep mountain sides, of spending New Year’s Eve on the beach, of floating in cool water under the stars, of feeling helpless, of feeling hope. I ended up taking 17 rolls of film on my Canon Rebel EOS X. It was my first time truly exploring life through the lens. Every time I think back to this time, I think about how lucky I am to have discovered photography in this way.
[...] a wild ride. I haven’t travelled internationally with her since we were 19 (she was with me the first time I travelled overseas). Also, the first time I travelled independent of an organization was to Mexico City. That was 7 [...]