Introduction

“Take only memories, leave only footprints.” The quote from an unknown albeit, wise man stayed was one of the only things I took with me at the end of my last year of college. As a grant scholar graduating summa cum laude, the weight of my professors, mentors, and parents, rolled off my shoulders as soon as I stepped onto the rich amber sands in Iceland.

I had found my place. With the smouldering mix of volcanoes, beaches, and icebergs, the Arctic Circle is where regained my voice. I knew right then that I would pursue capturing moments: the mundane and the exquisite, the great and the small. I was ready.