When I was 16 years old, I was an AFS international Exchange Student from the USA to Tunisia. I was given a camera and a bag full of slide film so I could document my stay and then give presentations to various civic groups when I returned. I never had an interest in photography before, but I was hooked after that. Forty years later my love for photography has grown in so many different ways. I still love to document my surounding but have discovered a love of taking portraits, especially of kids.