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I have always loved photography. I remember my first point and shoot camera (the plastic rectangular kind with a thumb-wind) and the first photo i took (of my 3rd grade class in France). Getting a polaroid when I was 11 was huge, I loved the instant part. At 14 I bought my first decent 35mm, a pentax, and started getting really into it. Then my godfather gave me an Argus C3 1941, which was amazing! Real flash pan with bulbs and all.. I went to Arnold Schwarzenegger's book signing, sneaked in with the press, and caught all of the photographers' attention, at least :)

I stopped when i was 15 or 16 for a bunch of reasons. When I got my first digital camera in 2003, I was excited that the technology had made it a lot easier (and cheaper), but as I got back into it, the point-and-shoot was just not cutting it. I decided to go for a real camera, and got a Canon 20D digital SLR in 2005. Although I'd like a bigger preview screen(!), I am pretty happy with it and my 50mm 1.4 lens.

My favorite to photograph is people. I don't aim to do it it professionally; it's a relatively serious hobby. I love sharing my pictures with people, and especially taking ones they actually like of themselves.. I have been working on a Book of Smiles, which I hope to publish soon.



My passion, apart from indulging in some other art, is activism.Global Youth Action Network, TakingITGlobal, Chat The Planet, and Three Dot Dash, primarily. And health sovereignty: Natural-Immunogenics.