IN LUCE VERITAS EST
In Light There is Truth
My first experience with photography was toying around with my father’s old film camera.
As I explored the delicate interplay of light and the human subject,
I fell in love with this medium.
Years later, my love of capturing diverse cultures and landscapes would compel me to travel to over 45 countries. What you find here is a summation of those travels
and what my eye felt compelled to share.
Along the way,
I discovered that photography
is a unique form of art.
That is, instead of the artist
creating something from nothing,
the photographer begins
with what is already created.
I begin with the vast universe.
A glittered sky above me,
A lush ground beneath me.
Youthful gazes, wise wrinkles,
a beam of light here,
a soft shadow there.
And I must choose.
What to keep,
what to cut.
From what angle,
and how far.
What to cast light upon,
and what to cloak in darkness.
Of these elements,
light is primary.
It is light that draws the eye
to specific parts of the photo,
and it is light that gives a picture its vitality.
Here,
painted by the sun and shaped by shadows,
the subject is revealed in its fullness.
Recall the first words spoken into the universe by our Creator
" Let there be light"
The body of work you see on this site has been accumulated over the past 12 years of my life as I traveled the world during my spare time and brought my camera along the way.
My work has been published on National Geographic YourShot, selected for National Geographic Photo of the Day and Smithsonian Magazine Photo of the Day. In 2018 I was awarded the Grand Prize for the TripMasters Photo Challenge.
I am now happily married and live in Virginia with my husband and one year old daughter.