A few days after I had come back from Panama, a long time colleague from New York messaged me. We have not spoken in a long time, but have always followed each other’s paths on social media. I knew that he was doing a lot of cool things in the field of international medicine and even traveled as far as South Sudan with Doctors Without Borders. I think I might have even caught a glimpse of him on CNN 🙂 Rajeev’s message was simple. He’s started doing some NGO work in the refugee camps in Lebanon and since…
Galapagos compromises a lot larger of a region than I initially thought. The route we took was the East to West route. We visited the following islands: North Seymour Rabida Bartolome Isabela San Cristobal Your journey may be completely different than mine, you may be visiting all, none or some of the aforementioned islands and you may be encountering very different species of animals than I did. But that’s part of the beauty of the Galapagos. Each place is incerdibly unique. Overall, however, traveling the Galapagos felt a lot like being transported back into another era. A Jurassic Park…
It’s hard to believe I had done what I told myself from the beginning I would not do – I have neglected posting to this blog. Part of it has to do with a difficult family situation I had to face, but that of course, as most things in life, is an excuse. Good thing is that despite everything that was going on I continued to shoot and have recently started a small project, which I am super excited to share with you guys. But first, GALAPAGOS! Thanks to my wonderful boyfriend, I was recently able to fulfill one of…
I always wanted to travel with The Giving Lens photography workshop. I’ve believed for a long time that PHILANTHROPY AND PHOTOGRAPHY go beautifully together. Pictures have the power to change ideas and drive about social change. That’s been proven time and time again. And I finally found an organization that is based on this belief. I was stoked to join them in Nicaragua. That being said, I didn’t know what to expect. The Giving Lens (TGL) group has been pairing up with Empowerment International (EI) for the past few years. Their mission is to break the cycle…