As a photojournalist, I am a storyteller that happens to use a camera. I look for the extraordinary in the ordinary, every day.
Some days I can't believe they pay me. Other days they can't pay me enough.
But I have been given a front row seat to life, in all of its glory and in all of its pain.
I've been to the White House, and some crack houses too. I have covered the rich and famous and I have covered the poor and hungry.
Everyone has a story.
Never Work Again
My friend Peter, the farmer, said "when you do what you love, you never labor a day in your life." He loves his job.
DO YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO DREAM?
"All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today."
Indian Proverb
While a bloom opens in its own time, while being urged from the sun, the moon, the seasons, it's seeds are like our dreams. We need to dream. We need to allow our imaginations to cultivate the seeds of our dreams. Allow your mind to be the good soil that beautiful flowers bloom in.
Photography by Karen Pulfer Focht ©
Happy 80th Birthday Jane Goodall
“We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother”
― Jane Goodall - Happy 80th birthday to one of my hero's Jane Goodall, who I was lucky enough to meet in person one time when she visited the Memphis Zoo.
Photography by Karen Pulfer Focht ©
Tree Awaits Awakening
"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love! Every seed is awakened, and all animal life. It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land. Chief Sitting Bull
Photography by Karen Pulfer Focht ©
Living With Wonder
Thomas Huxley wrote, "For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them."
Thomas Huxley wrote, "For every man the world is as fresh as it was at the first day, and as full of untold novelties for him who has the eyes to see them."
Photography by Karen Pulfer Focht ©
Don't Forget to Frolic
Don't forget to frolic. Springtime is a good time for frolicking. Frolicking is good for your soul. If you don't know how to frolic, you can ask the nearest child or dog.
Photography by Karen Pulfer Focht ©