being challenged

I value my work and this may challenges other people opinions and what they used to do. This time I was challenged. It made me think and question what I was used to do. It was a challenge but it also led me to value my work more.

During my lunch break I watched how this gull. How she managed to stay in one place in the middle of the canal with almost no effort was really meditative.

Tenji is with us for about 10 years. She is a lady in her best age. And she got fomo (the fear of missing out).
Where ever we sit she wants to sit. She got plenty of places, where she likes to rest but her favourite place is always where we are.
When ever I dictate something on my tablet or record a podcast she comes and joins the discussion. She is a talking cat. But this goes beyond her miau when she gets food.
Don't mistake it with her natural behaviour - the curiosity every cat has and the need to belong to someone.
And that is funny. Because what is on the agenda of a cat?

1. eating
2. sleeping
3. being petted
4. playing (less and less over the years I am so happy because I like the cute expression on her face when she does that
5. watch the world outside the window (or watch television with us)

She doesn't know social media - she has not the whole world on her mobile device to compare with - she only got us to compare.

What strange kind of cats are we.

what lies beneath

Has social media brought us closer? Or are we consumed by how the others may see us? Do we present a highly curated and branded version of ourselves?
My job as a photographer is to look beyond the image how we want to be seen and how we see ourselves to discover what lies beyond. A transcend representation of ourselves that is of greater value for everyone because it tells us something about humanity and being human.