Natalie's Artist Statement
I found a love for photography when I came to Pickerington, Ohio for freshman year in 2014. I know that doesn't seem long at all, but the high school I was supposed to attend didn't offer photography as an elective. My brother had taken photography and he would talk about it a lot. So I went in thinking it would be awesome, and it was. I find peace in taking pictures and I believe that it is a good way of keeping memories. Life moves on and people forget things they knew, but pictures can bring back good times. Photography has given me a new way to understand how beautiful nature really is and how lucky I am to enjoy it. There is a history in nature because it has been around longer than any of us. There is a story to be told with every drop of rain that falls into the ocean, every leaf that falls in the autumn, every grain of sand on the beaches around the world, every cloud dancing across the sky, every star seen and unseen from galaxies far and near. Nature is a novel that has no end. A timeless gift from God given to us even when we don't deserve it.
I found a love for photography when I came to Pickerington, Ohio for freshman year in 2014. I know that doesn't seem long at all, but the high school I was supposed to attend didn't offer photography as an elective. My brother had taken photography and he would talk about it a lot. So I went in thinking it would be awesome, and it was. I find peace in taking pictures and I believe that it is a good way of keeping memories. Life moves on and people forget things they knew, but pictures can bring back good times. Photography has given me a new way to understand how beautiful nature really is and how lucky I am to enjoy it. There is a history in nature because it has been around longer than any of us. There is a story to be told with every drop of rain that falls into the ocean, every leaf that falls in the autumn, every grain of sand on the beaches around the world, every cloud dancing across the sky, every star seen and unseen from galaxies far and near. Nature is a novel that has no end. A timeless gift from God given to us even when we don't deserve it.