not just a lifestyle
a Way of Life
I have been a photojournalist my whole life. Even at a young age, I would mentally take a picture of something that stood out, visualize it, interpret it, often make up a story about it and keep it tucked away as a memory.
It was an unconscious habit that has followed me my whole life. Always wanting to share the descriptions, the beauty, the honesty, and the vivid truth about what I see.
I look for the visually inspiring to tell stories, whether it be in a storm brewing, a person searching for their own truth or a vast landscape, want to portray for the viewer what I see without manipulation.
Dorothea Lange once said “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera”. I hope what I share will help accomplish this simple mission.
JUST A COWGIRL HIPPIE
I was born and raised in Northern Arizona. At an early age, I spent most of my free time working on a ranch in the most northern part of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona that was owned by a New York Socialite, who had a diverse outlook on life, and whom I was lucky enough to call a mentor in my life…
ROAD TRIPPIN’
“If you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer.”
John Perry Barlow
FINDING MY COMPASS AT 60
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
Seems that at times I have woken up with orchards of lemon trees in my yard (figuratively of course), and it’s been hard to see the forest or lemonade stand for the trees…
ROAD TRIPPIN’
A Travel Blog
Finding my
Compass at 60
– THROUGH MY LENS –
