Photo Journalism

The Earthquakes of 2015 in Nepal were the start of my Photo Journalism. The event had a profound impact on my perception of existence as for those first few minutes during which the building I was living in shook like jelly, I knew my life was over. There was no where in my room to hide. My life was over. It was, and it wasn’t. One life ended, and another one began.

I took photos when and where the opportunity presented itself, but I realised very soon that I cannot photograph when the possibility of helping to save a life presents itself. And so I don’t consider myself a true ‘Photo Journalist’ as that requires a level of detachment that doesn’t come naturally.

I record what I can and where it serves as a snapshot in time of how people as communities live faced with a crisis, faced with poverty, faced with the challenges and joys of every day life. I’m blessed to have experienced so much, and especially here in Nepal where daily life is lived intensely, occassionally on the edge, with communities that for the most part take care of each other.