Nudes 3rd place winner

This photographic series explores a primal connection between human and nature, invoking an underlying energy of freedom and aliveness, hints of intimacy and vulnerability, and an overarching sense of interconnectedness.

To me, these images raise questions about the ways in which we’ve strayed from our roots and separated ourselves from our essential nature over time. Through the development of enormous civilizations and societies and the rapid advancement of technology, humanity has made massive leaps in the past 50 -100 years, all to supply more comfort and convenience for us on this planet.

Yet in the midst of our advancement, many are experiencing more disconnection from themselves than ever. Stuckness, confusion, stress, and anxiety, are all symptoms of this disconnection. It seems that in all of our progress, something fundamental has been lost, and to me that is the simplicity of being human. The nature of being alive; of being free and expressive, of connecting with ourselves and with the natural flow of life.

Perhaps what is necessary moving forward is not more, but less. Not faster, but slower. A peeling away of all the layers we have created to separate ourselves from one another and from the world around us.