Shocking photo

This is a very true photo that was sent to me and I completely agree with the quote.

Taking a step back

Drove to Myakka State Park to step back from our normal and busy lives to get some quiet and really think about what we all forget about in our daily lives.
Being at peace in the wild is priceless. People forget that we live in a society that never stops and if you don't slow yourself down, you will get caught up in it and forget to notice the beauty.

-Our overload of goods.

-America..

- Consumerism

Creating a New beginning

The big picture

This photo essay is something I started a while ago and am re-looking and re-thinking.

The images are about big businesses and how we are cutting down our resources to waste more space.

-The food trucks

-Inside the homes.

- Government homes for workers

Photo Essay on pickers

These images are part of a larger project that I am working on about migrant workers in Palmetto. They pick strawberries and other fruits in Myakka and have to be on the bus at 5 Am every morning. The government is paying for them to stay in small project homes. They are fed by spanish food trucks that delivery their food.

NYC WALL

We all know what happened to Manhattan and other parts of New York and New Jersey from hurricane Sandy. What blows my mind is the fact that the city of Manhattan is wasting 335$ Million to build a seawall around Manhattan.
"WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT STORM AND NOT SIMPLY RESPOND TO THE PAST STORM." 

Why is Manhattan spending 335 Million on something that is pointless. What happens when the water gets in to the city but can't get out? What will people do then? Just drown?

There is a huge problem with the homeless in New York and what did the city do? They put them all underground. Now, they want to spend $335 million just to make sure water doesn't get in if there is another hurricane? This is a crazy stupid plan that needs to be changed.

Water moves on its own at its own pace and we have to take that in and use that. They think by using elevated surfaces and using trees and other plats to also make the environment more social friendly.

The future of the Big Game of Africa

The Maasai tribe has land in both parts of Kenya and Tanzania. Just like what we kind of did to the native americas, The Dubai Royal Family, wants to buy the land from the Maasai tribe and use the land for their own private hunting grounds for big game animals.

The Maasai are trying to fight back with
peace by not taking their money but soon I feel like they will be pushed off their land for good.

Massai Needs help

The Maasai are a tribe of people in Kenya and Tanzania. They use natural resources like bark from trees to brush their teeth and keep the land the way it is so people don't try to change it and build huge buildings.

Their people still do many rituals that people would find shocking and mind blowing. In the tribe, the men line up and each one jumps. The highest one to jump gets the most attractive woman in the village and so on and so forth.

There are many problems with poachers that are coming onto their land and kill big game for trophies. Its truly horrible and needs to be put to an end because lions and other animals are going extinct. Our kids generations will never know what a lion looks like because of these animal killing terrorists. They think that because they are killing an expensive dangerous animal, that it is okay. Well thats not right and people aren't seeing the big picture.

Selling horns and tusks on the black market is a  huge industry and people need to know how big of a market it really is.

My trip to Africa

After hearing Tim talk about everything going on in Africa with Ebola and other things involving the environment, I really wanted to look back at my photographs from Africa and re edit them and submit them for everyone to see what i witnessed. I saw kids who had flies eating at their faces and women walking miles to find enough water for their families.

In the United States, we don't think about how difficult it is to get water because all we need to do is turn on a tap… We don't have to walk miles to get food, water and even get to school or work. We know about over populated places but what I was able to witness and smell made me want to help people in other countries for the rest of my life. It changed the way I see many things that go on now a days and really made me more grateful for what I have and how lucky we are for being able to be in this country.

Saving Energy with Solar Panels

Solar panels are the future for sustainability. using these panels can save you money on electricity and energy for your house or apartment. Using light and wind can also power other things to help save energy.
Even though they can be a bit pricy, they will pay for themselves in a few months after using them.  Many people are switching to using solar power panels because it saves so much but also helps save energy. Saving the planet is a very important thing that everyone needs to consider because if we don't all help, the earth won't last for very long.
You can use solar panels on homes, businesses, commercial places, hospitals and other places that use mass amounts of energy.

Outskirts of Nairobi

After learning about Tiny Homes, I went back to the ideas from the slums I witnessed when I was in Nairobi, Kenya. The government doesn't pay attention to it and from what Ive heard, you don't name your child until they are around four years old. What amazes me is that we take so much for granted but the people living in these slums, can survive of no water and food. They have lived like this for so long and are starting to figure out ways of sustaining. The images I was able to take weren't that great so i went online to find the images that were close to what I shot.

Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi. In 2009,  it was considered the largest urban slum in Africa! Kibera's population is around 170,070 after other estimates around one or two million people. Most residents living in the slums live in extreme poverty and make under less than $1.00 a day. People have no idea that this is going on here in Nairobi.  

                                          People only listen to whats going on in "Africa."

Tiny Houses

I have been doing a ton of research on Tiny Houses and the whole idea of living on off the grid and doing everything the easy way. Growing your own food, using 80% less energy than I would normally use and to save money and the planet all at once. If you have a Netflix account, it is definitely a great documentary and wonderful way of learning about something that might help save the planet.

If you are even more interested in the whole Tiny Home idea, I have also attached the website for Tumbleweed Company which makes tiny homes for sale.

This might sound like a crazy idea and many people think people doing this are not thinking straight that and its impossible to live like this, well people are wrong. You can tell that it is just another way of living off the grid.

EBOLA!!!!!!!!

I wanted to screen shot some of the article I was reading on Ebola in the U.S.  I find it so insane that people are actually being quarentined because you only really see it in the movies. This is a serious problem that needs to be handled because its such a dangerous problem that is sweeping across the globe. We better catch it fast before it is too late!!

Building the new Sarasota Mall

Building the new Sarasota Mall early on

Saving Our Soil

I have been documenting along highways and just construction in general to show how we are pulling up soil to create roads hotels, condos and malls all around florida. In sarasota, they started building a huge mall so I wanted to document all of the things that happened along the way while building it. This journal entry is to sum up what I am photographing. Each image in itself shows some way of how we are destroying our planet by building new things all the time.