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Proof: Rena Effendi on Beauty in Unexpected Places | National Geographic


when I was growing up things around me

when I was growing up things around me seemed really gray and unattractive and

seemed really gray and unattractive and

seemed really gray and unattractive and I thought this life was terrible but

I thought this life was terrible but

I thought this life was terrible but then as I became an adult I realized

then as I became an adult I realized

then as I became an adult I realized that there’s something very powerful

that there’s something very powerful

that there’s something very powerful about this picture this life something

about this picture this life something

about this picture this life something very even aesthetic you can say and in a

very even aesthetic you can say and in a

very even aesthetic you can say and in a way I I sort of found the beauty in my

way I I sort of found the beauty in my

way I I sort of found the beauty in my in my own reality through photography it

in my own reality through photography it

in my own reality through photography it brings people from different kinds of

brings people from different kinds of

brings people from different kinds of places in the world brings them together

places in the world brings them together

places in the world brings them together in one human experiment if the pictures

in one human experiment if the pictures

in one human experiment if the pictures are great you will connect with that

are great you will connect with that

are great you will connect with that place you’ll understand that place this

place you’ll understand that place this

place you’ll understand that place this is how we communicate with the rest of

is how we communicate with the rest of

is how we communicate with the rest of the world you you start to fall in love

the world you you start to fall in love

the world you you start to fall in love with the place only after a certain time

with the place only after a certain time

with the place only after a certain time passes and that’s when you take your

passes and that’s when you take your

passes and that’s when you take your most powerful images in the whole

most powerful images in the whole

most powerful images in the whole process it really it becomes very

process it really it becomes very

process it really it becomes very personal it becomes very much involved

personal it becomes very much involved

personal it becomes very much involved you just you become this like you know

you just you become this like you know

you just you become this like you know person that like super human being that

person that like super human being that

person that like super human being that doesn’t need anything just go out and

doesn’t need anything just go out and

doesn’t need anything just go out and taking pictures and you don’t notice bad

taking pictures and you don’t notice bad

taking pictures and you don’t notice bad weather or hunger or the exhaustion you

weather or hunger or the exhaustion you

weather or hunger or the exhaustion you know you just take pictures the way I

know you just take pictures the way I

know you just take pictures the way I see it you take a new layer on your skin

see it you take a new layer on your skin

see it you take a new layer on your skin it’s almost you become like this cabbage

it’s almost you become like this cabbage

it’s almost you become like this cabbage you know you’re just adding layers and

you know you’re just adding layers and

you know you’re just adding layers and more and more layers and you’ve become

more and more layers and you’ve become

more and more layers and you’ve become you know aware of these different

you know aware of these different

you know aware of these different cultures and the people in the place and

cultures and the people in the place and

cultures and the people in the place and it becomes part of you that that you

it becomes part of you that that you

it becomes part of you that that you just can’t take away

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