Thursday, February 28, 2013

Maija - A Portrait
















"My biggest influence is my son.  His birth changed the course of my history, as it blew open another part of my consciousness and forced me to look at the world in a whole new way." 




"I want to leave this Earth fighting like hell for social justice, animal welfare, and the environment.  After having my son, I realized how truly precious life is.  As a mother it is my responsibility to try my hardest to make the world a better place any way I can for everyone and everything, as all life on this planet is interconnected." 


"...one of the wisest decision I've made in my life was to go back to school when my son started kindergarten.  So far it has been an enlightening and empowering experience.  "





"I find myself listening to classical music, particularly opera, to remind myself that there is man-made beauty in this world. "
























"I do photography for the love of it.  I would never want to make it a business, because it would ruin everything for me.  I always thought I would be a landscape photographer, but portrait photography found me..."