At its core, I believe the essence of photography is capturing moments of life. So much of our world is caught up in the future – war, money, politics, planning – when it is really these tiny moments of present and past that keep us going. Photography allows us to remember what we are here for. It lets us revisit the times of blessing, elation, and triumph over adversity to see the raw emotion and hidden beauty in all the chaos we take in every day. At present, I find myself seeing people all around searching for something...something to hold on to, something to inspire, something to fulfill. With the pace that our lives seem to be consumed with, it is hard to imagine that there is still room for something to be missing, but still, most everyone has some sort of void to fill.

These rare moments captured through photography provide the true nurturing of our souls. What’s funny is that for the most part, these moments are not rare at all. These moments are the ones that get passed by. These moments are all too common; enough that we forget to remember them. Seeing a photo not only registers visually, but it triggers the exact feelings present during that moment, whether you were the one in the picture or not. Whether of joy or sorrow, a photo takes this inimitable still frame of a life; a life we may be estranged to yet are so intertwined with... and you finally grasp that what you are really seeing is somebody sharing their heart with you. It is these moments, and the fact that our world is blessed with artists to capture them, that keeps us grounded, keeps us connected to humanity, and allows us to realize that what we have been searching for graces us everyday...one moment at a time.