Photo tour in Azores, Portugal
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Jønas Strahberger
@jonstrah
Landscape photographer based in Switzerland
My name is Jønas Strahberger, I’m 19 years old and live in the heart of Switzerland. My dad has always been into photography, but personally I was actually never interested in photography or anything that was related to art. I was busy with sports, school, and other things. Meanwhile though, I had heard a lot from people who just left to travel for a long time, and that was something that did seem interesting to me. This desire to actually do it myself too, became stronger over time, because I felt I needed a break from all that I was so occupied with. In Switzerland life goes very fast, it’s all about performance and you feel the pressure from others, businesses, school, your parents…
"So I started to save money, to leave as well, some day, for some kind of travel. When I was 18, this dream came true."
I decided to take a gap year in between my apprenticeship and bachelors, and was ready for the adventure I had been looking forward to. For the first time in my life I left Europe, and went on a trip to the west of the United States of America. I bought a Gopro Hero 6 before leaving to capture my trip. I was blown away by the nature of the west and I wanted these memories to last forever.
"This trip didn't only change my stance to photography but also I opened my heart to the beauty of Earth's nature."
I soon realized that capturing with a GoPro wasn’t enough to express my experiences, neither the US to fulfill my desire to travel. Now, a little more than one year later, I’ve visited about 15 countries on five continents, shot more than 20,000 photos on my Sony a7iii, collaborated with Sony Alpha Switzerland and grew a instagram community of about 3000 followers who are hopefully inspired by my work. Since I take photos on a regular base, I see myself much more often outdoors in nature.
"Photography woke up my love for adventures all over the world."
For me, photography is a way to relive memories of your best and most important moments in your life. Also it is a way to share reality and to communicate in a language everybody on Earth understands. My travels have contributed so much to my personal development; living the cultural experiences, seeing what’s going on in different countries with my own eyes, both the beauty and the issues, and making friends worldwide. Along the way, I met so many strangers with whom I spent the greatest times, people who taught me a lesson and left me with happiness, thoughts, inspiration, and knowledge.
"Friendships are created in one day, and whether it lasts long or not, a somehow strong connection is there from day one."
It was a fundamental experience for me when I visited Rocinha in Brazil. The Rocinha favela is the largest favela in South America and known as one of most dangerous ones. But when I entered this place I realized it’s mainly the media that gave Rocinha a bad image. With the photos I got, I wanted to show that this place is beautiful too and that the people who live there are good people too. Photography was the only way to communicate this.
"With experiences like this I learned more and more how important it is to use your camera with your heart and not just with your eyes."
I guess that’s also the way to stand out of the mass; the photo needs to wake up emotions and influence people in some way. Today we live in a photography world; every second there are about 3000 photos being uploaded on instagram. People will keep scrolling if the photo doesn’t speak. In this regard, I love knowing that I’ve so much more to learn about and to work on, since I’m actually a beginner photographer. In this one year of taking photos I experimented a lot with the different styles of photography. I tried street, portrait or food and I liked all of them but there is nothing better for me than shooting a landscape.
"Waking up early, being outdoors while everybody else is asleep and seeing how this beautiful scene is waking up and then getting a perfect shot is a feeling only photographers understand, and I'm addicted to it."
Until today, photography is not my job but I’m working everyday to get better at it and to build a portfolio to chase my dream and turn it into reality. It’s crazy how life turns out completely different from what you’d expect. No one knows what happens tomorrow or in one year, so I just keep doing what I love and take photos all over the planet, curious for what surprises I will find ahead of me.
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