Everyday
we’re thrown into the vast possibilities of the unknown, then unpredictable and
the unexpected. It’s the way in which we adapt ourselves to all of the people,
places and things surrounding us that determines the type of person we are.
Being an artist, I can’t truly say that I’ll fully understand the world any
other way than the way I see it. There’s just too much to be considered and
debated in this world for anything to have an exact answer. But I think that’s
why I love the world so much, because I see it through a camera lens.
Most of
my friends back home, and now even here, would tell you that I constantly am
taking photos and/or video of most everything. Part of me wants to capture as
many incredible moments as possible, and a huge part of me knows that the more
I practice doing what I love, the more I will learn and the better I’ll become.
It’s this perseverance that quite literally molds, shapes and defines us as
people and artists. It determines where we are, what we wear, how we interact
with the world around us and our mannerisms.
My first camera was a Pokémon camera
when I was 4 years old. It was my pride and joy and honestly I wish I could find
it now because of the sentimental value it will truly always hold for me. I can
clearly remember seeing Blue’s Clues live at the Fox Theater and bringing my Pokémon
35 mm camera. There was no film in it, because after months of taking pictures
of everything and winding the film so many times, it had broken and the film
would no longer load into the chamber. But I held that camera up to my face,
looking through and taking non-existent photos of everything I saw interesting.
I would pretend to wind it up and press the button, making a pretend shutter
noise. Those photos I never took will be the most vivid image from my past,
because even though no film was captured, it was the moment I fell in love with
capture time. That’s what photography is to me, it’s capturing time in an image
that will stay timeless as long as you still want the image.
If I see someone on the street I
find interesting, I take a photo. If I see a well-lit area, I will climb
whatever fence needed to take my perfect shot. My friends may get annoyed, but
it’s when I can bring up the photo again, and we can all be taken back to that
moment and time and appreciate the way that we have grown and the amazing times
we’ve had. The bridge program has already taught me so much about how I see the
world. I don’t get so lost anymore in worrying about if people thinking I’m
some nut with a camera taking pictures of everything(including them), instead I’ve
embraced my weirdness, and I let my freak-flag-fly. My life is a constant
measure of ups, downs and random wrong turns, but my choreography has been the
same way for as long as I can remember; doing whatever it takes for the perfect
shot to capture the perfect moments.
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