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Rami Ravasio
(@ramiravasio)
Best of the week 13
Growing up in the Swiss Alps and traveling with my parents at a young age was an absolute blessing that I took for granted for most of my childhood. It wasn’t until we moved to the city and I spent less time in the mountains and traveling that I noticed something was missing in my life. The mountains and adventure were calling.
"I missed that sense of freedom that traveling and being in nature gave me."
After I finished high school I started traveling and spending time outdoors as much as I could. I also began to appreciate my childhood on a whole new level.
Eventually I started to bring my first camera with me and was surprised at how taking photos allowed me to see the places I was visiting and the experiences I was having from a different perspective.
For some reason the process of documenting my experiences made me appreciate them so much more.
I believe that my drive for photography at its core comes from wanting to document experiences and adventures to share them with others and my future self. To this day I am amazed at how just looking at a photo transports me back to the moment I took it and lets me relive everything I felt and saw surrounding that moment.
"This motivates me to live a life and create experiences worth documenting that I can look back on."
If just one person sees one of my photos and feels inspired to go on an adventure, to travel, to experience something new, to get out of their comfort zone and appreciate the outdoors for all it has to offer, then I feel like I have taken a good photo.
"Even though photography motivates me to travel and go outdoors, in the end it’s the experience itself and the time spent with old and new friends that is most rewarding and memorable."
So although I have the constant urge to capture every moment of every adventure, I do make a conscious effort now and then to leave my camera and phone at home or in the bag and to just be present without any distractions, which in today’s world isn’t always easy.
