My first camera was a 35mm Kodak from Sears. It was given to me at the age of 14 as a surprise from my father. As a way to cope with my mother's death, I dove deeply into photographing images that made me happy. At first it was nature, then it slowly turned into capturing images of people that I loved. This made it possible for me to keep parts of these people with me, even after they were gone from my life. My mother had spurred this love of photography unknowingly before her death when she would let me take her 110 Kodak and shoot whatever I...more
