Valeria Bross
PHOTOGRAPHER
I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A FREEDOM SEEKER. EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, THERE’S ONE PHRASE I’VE CONSTANTLY TOLD MYSELF “I AM FREE, I WAS BORN FREE”. WITH TIME, I’VE DISCOVERED THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, WHETHER YOU’RE JUMPING FROM A PLANE, OR QUARANTINING AT HOME, FREEDOM IS SOMETHING CARRIED WITHIN OUR HEARTS.
WHEN PEOPLE ASKED ME “WHAT’S YOUR STYLE?”. I USED TO FIND MYSELF SWIMMING IN MY HEAD TRYING TO FIND A NICE TAG. DURING RECENT TIMES, I’VE BEEN THINKING A LOT, A LOT ABOUT LIFE, A LOT ABOUT LOVE, A LOT ABOUT INTIMACY AND RELATIONSHIPS. I’VE BEEN LEARNING THROUGH CONTEMPLATION, A LOT OF WHO I AM FROM WITHIN, AND I’VE DISCOVERED SOME MAGICAL THINGS ABOUT MYSELF. BY GETTING TO KNOW MY WORK I’M GETTING TO KNOW MYSELF A LITTLE MORE. I’VE DISCOVERED I LIKE TRUE CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE, I LOVE BEING CLOSE, I LOVE TOUCHING THE PEOPLE I LOVE, I LOVE LOOKING PEOPLE IN THE EYES, I LOVE INTIMACY.
SO, I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT’S WHAT MY STYLE IS; CAPTURING THE REAL ESSENCE IN PEOPLE, THEIR REAL SELVES. SOMETIMES I GET TOO CLOSE, BUT COUPLES, THEY DON’T CARE, AND I’M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
I HOPE IT REFLECTS IN MY WORK, I’M GONNA KEEP TRYING EVERY DAY TO DO BETTER AS A HUMAN, AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, TO KEEP CONNECTING AND KEEP LOVING THROUGH MY PHOTOGRAPHY. MORE AND MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE THAT CLOSE.