Quiet.

                                                                                                                        friendly beaches, tasmania, 2017.

sorry it's been a while...self isolation means resurfacing the important stuff.

lately i have been wondering about how to portray the feeling of solitude in my photographs. solitude, for me can have two significant meanings and ways of being; being alone and loneliness. one is very different from the other. as an introvert i spend a lot of time in solitude. for me, portraying deep thought and sanctuary in the act of being alone is an interesting area of photography, especially when some of my best work comes from that exact state of mind; solitude...and perhaps this is why i am drawn to creating atmospheric images in terms of nature, travel, culture and the outdoors, rather than lifestyle photography where more people are present. i want to show the strength of being alone as opposed to the more complex idea of loneliness. a concept more important now than ever before as society deals with the struggle of self isolation and distance from friends and family.

spending time walking, creating, reading, travelling alone can have so many beautiful layers of emotion and depth for me personally. i feel more, observe more, memorise more.

    

here are a collection of photographs which make me think of being alone, or the mystery of emotions when in a state of solitude. 

      

if you would love to learn more about introversion and the benefits of solitude, i would recommend Susan Cain's book, Quiet, and her Ted Talk, The Power of Introverts 

Click -> https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts

the journey to understand what allows me to feel most comfortable in terms of spending time with people around me has been a really interesting and very profound  part of self discovery.