Landscape photography has always been a very planned and structured endeavor. Street photography was a way to break out of this pattern. Almost like an escape. It was a necessity to spend more of my time doing art. At one point during my street photography journey I realized that often I came across something I felt like worth capturing, but I had no camera with me. I photographed more often, but it was still somewhat planned and structured. So, I gave in. I decided to take a camera with me whenever I would leave my home. I started photographing whatever caught my eye. Whatever I deemed worthy to be captured. It could be anything, from a single window bathed in light, an array of color, a detail of a building, abstract experiments, a play of light and shadow to reflections that (hopefully) make your head spin. This shift in my photography made me question if I could continue to label my work as street photography. I concluded that all I was, and still am, trying to do, is to find beauty in the mundane. For the longest time I thought that certain instances, like perfect light or grand moments, are a requirement to permit beauty. By giving up on this idea I was able to find true, authentic, raw and unfiltered beauty in the mundane, in everyday moments. Beauty can be a life force and provide you with a sense of meaning and purpose. It is like a candle that is always burning, no matter how dark it may be or get.
