There really are no words to describe the journey that has taken place in my life since a professional camera accidentally landed in my hands in the winter of 2004. It was then that I decided to take my trip of a lifetime to Africa, a place I had longed to go since as long as I can remember. In the mail arrived the package of details for the safari that I was about to embark on and in that packet was a list of what to bring; recommended was a 300ML lens……
I fell in love with Africa the moment my feet touched it’s rich red soil and a journey started. I fell in love with the culture, people, the wildlife that roamed so free, and photography. My life was forever changed. I had traveled internationally for years in my fashion career but now with the passport of a camera in hand I had the gift that made me seek out all the experiences that the world had to offer. This simple act of signing up for a trip to a place I had always longed to go changed my life and started me on a path of adventure, the unknown and great risk…. one that has given me many stories for the rocking chair.
Now almost 8 years later from that first safari I am having a major exhibit of my wildlife photography at G2 Gallery in Venice beach California and the best part is that the gallery is donating the proceeds of the show to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which many of you know as the Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi Kenya. The opening night is on Saturday, May 19, 2012 and you are all invited. Below is an invitation to the opening night. I had the amazing opportunity to be part of the team in experiencing and photographing the vets of this organization while darting and then helping to fix the wound of a hurt Elephant in September of 2010. Here is a link to the blog post where I wrote about the experience. If you are not able to physically attend the opening night or the exhibit my hope is that my work might inspire you to adopt and elephant to support their incredible work in helping save these amazing animals. Here is a link to their site.
I have recently created a newsletter to inform friends, family, photographers and those of you who are just curious, of exhibits, classes, tours and events that are happening with my photography and journey. Here is a link to my latest announcements. I am creating the newsletters when there are new items to announce or updates to events already announced. If you would like to receive my newsletter by email please subscribe here. Please know that your email address is protected and I take great care to insure this list is not shared in any way!!
Hope to see you opening night!
