Recently, Iowa was hit with one of the worst weather in decades. The cold affected my mood, which created isolation from others. I had no photography skills before this project, and I still don’t. I learned that a photographer has a voice, and it is expressed through images. Being a photographer, and also borrowing my dad’s camera gave me an excuse to leave the house.

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The feathered plant sits, and it quietly watches the ice vortex unfold at the Gao’s Residence. -Aperture