Everyday moments

"Sometimes it's best to not ask someone to take their photo, to not ask what they are doing, where they're going or where they came from. The mystery leaves everything open." - Zayyar Win Thein

Moments happen around me everyday and I try my best to capture them. I will hide behind my camera and wait and watch. It's interesting to see how the people around me interact and behave with one another. Whether they are smiling, laughing or looking bored, I can create a story in the photograph about them. Sometimes however I find that I am too busy taking photos and not actually enjoying the moment.

Transparent

every now and then life requires a little bit of transparency

if you feel something you should say so

life is too short to be silent

often people hate me for my lack of it

Model: Kizzy Moss

World Suicide Prevention Day

Today is a day for me to reflect on the loss of the incredible young men and women around me who have taken their own lives. I am experiencing now what they never will. I have the opportunity to grow up, attend university, find my way in the world and maybe even make a small difference. Nearly one million people commit suicide annually, which means that someone takes their own life approximately every 40 seconds. Every 40 seconds someone, somewhere feels that they cannot handle it any more, that the world would be 'better off' without them.. that person will be someone's child and someone's friend and they will be loved. However in that situation they ultimately cannot see that. I am not a psychologist but I can say that small things make a difference to these people in their situation, a hug at a moment of intense desperation can truly make a difference. However as a friend or family member you shouldn't feel responsible or guilty for their actions. But also try to not judge others who suffer from a mental illness, it usually isn't by choice.

Kizzy

One of my favourite photographs of my (not so little) little sister.