Self realization is about taking control of who you allow to influence your universe.

Ergo, Sequi il tuo corso e lascia dir le genti [Dante] is a right thing to do.

Voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but seeing with new eyes. These words of Marcel Proust in his novel À la recherche du temps perdu , although were used for something entirely different then photography, for me apply so much into what photography means to me.

Ever since I have started to walk around with my camera, the way I am looking at the things around me changed for almost 180 degrees. And most important, it changed me, my attitude towards people, nature, happenings around me. Instead of thinking about myself I started to think about world around me. It wasn't important any more what the world around me would think about me, but what I think and feel about world around me.

Every single and simple thing has started to mean something to me and I wanted to keep image of it because of feelings about it. A big puzzle of who and what I was suddenly solved by itself, showing that small things make perfection and that perfection is not a small thing.