2014 has been such a wonderful year. It’s been challenging and full of laughs and support. I’m grateful for everyone who’s been a part of my life. Here are some of the highlights. As usual, i’m going to use pictures to communicate a little better than with clumsy words.

With help from my family and friends, I graduated from the best school, and finished up my work with the Indiana Daily Student. I learned so much more than journalism. I learned how to be a real, grown human and citizen of our world.

I took an incredible trip to Colorado after graduation.

The folks in Jasper took a chance on me to intern with them at The Herald.
I cannot rightly put to words how much I’ve learned from them. I dove deeper into stories and got uncomfortable. It has been invaluable experience.

Eric and I began a personal collaboration that has helped our relationship and the way we communicate about and understand each other’s artistic process. It’s been motivating, therapeutic and damn fun. It’s also pushed me to photograph with more feeling and conceptualization than I have before.

No. 44When I was sand,I shoveled myselfto the mainland.All the kids on the beachwere like, “Get back here!”But no one orders me around.When I was grass,there were four seasons:rain and drought and onand off. Kids stomped onbut off was the universeexpandin

It’s been an amazing year; the best one yet. I believe I’ve grown a lot professionally and personally, and it’s largely due to the wonderful people surrounding me. Here’s to another year of growth!