Paradigm

“We travel through life, one step for the next, not so much one after the next. Life as I see it is a series of calculations. The mass of those calculations equates one thing, Greatness vs Complacency. Who doesn’t choose greatness? It appears to me at least that most do not. Why? Risk is not worth the reward for most. Few will sacrifice their cozy disposition for uncertainty no matter the immensity of most opportunity.

Travel, however, appears to change people. In so many ways, not the least of which expanding their horizons. Travelers appear in large part to be much larger risk-takers. Perhaps this is conditioned, perhaps intrinsic. Regardless of the power of experience, and exposure to the whim of the world far outside your cozy complacent lifestyle tugs at you. Begs of you urges you to take the risk. I wish I knew what was so magnetic about immersing yourself in a place, a culture, its surroundings. I suppose its the reality it cannot be replicated, only experienced.

For me, Risk and Travel have come together as I attempt to share my travels with you while taking a risk on something new. The opportunity to see the world isn’t lost on me, in fact, its weight rests heavily on me. I feel strongly that I’m responsible to share it.

Photography as a medium is fantastic, its visceral ability to share the world with its audience is incredible. Its ability to tell a story without words is effervescent. I have always longed to know more. Every great photo suggests there’s a story, and curiosity is unavoidable. In these pages, are the words, the stories, the circumstance of each photo. Some far beyond what the images can say, some in support of, some just to tell a story worth hearing completely unrelated to the image. Three years of my life, enjoy or don’t, beauty lies in interpretation, not absolution.

With every stamp, ticket, landing, and adventure I have become a different person. All of which is directly the result of each location. Every place I’ve ever been, grand or otherwise has left its mark on me. With each mile, I venture further from that original place, that original man.”