Sharing your work means sharing a piece of yourself, and sharing a piece of yourself to people who might not completely understand and might see differently is never an easy task.

To share your work with the world only means to be in a vulnerable state.

I honestly do not feel 100% at ease when I share my work, and I always find it hard whenever I need to do so because I fear rejection, judgment, and being misinterpreted, and I never really felt comfortable in the lime light. One of the lines that I always repeat in my head is “It’s never about me” because through everything that I do, I always aim to make sure that the people with me or the people who I have worked with are recognized and appreciated. But see how fast I made that about me? And I guess that is part of the point that I am expressing. I will never be able to move forward if I do not present myself to the world because it is, after all, the first step to reaching my destination. I will never be able to connect with people if I don’t share a piece of who I am with them. I need to allow people to judge me and what I do in order to grow.

And as I shared more of my work, I only found myself stronger and farther from where I was yesterday despite the fact that I will never be able to please everyone. Luckily, I have friends who encourage me and honestly tell me what they think about my photographs (which is a huge deal for me), and one of them is Dolor.

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