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Photographed on a Sony RX100
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Little moments at Envision Festival, 2016.
Uvita, Costa Rica.
Photographed on a Sony RX100
Paint Jamaica in the heart of Kingston’s ghetto.
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Daydreaming of next camping trip <3
”And you were a house on fire and I couldn't understand why Burn me all down to the ground, you said, the fire is on the inside Flames dancing like ghosts behind the windows Pain jumping from the walls...
You’re a house on fire.”
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
Getting weird in the woods with Katlyn O’hara.
May 2016 | New Hampshire.
For Lucky. <3
Barber Shop, Colonial Mayan town, Mexico.
Because it’s rainy and all I can think about is being back in my element.
Free diving. March 2016 | Isla del Caño, Costa Rica.
Poás Volcano, Costa Rica. Part 3 Elevation: 8,885′
Poás Volcano, Costa Rica. Part 2 Elevation: 8,885′
Poás Volcano, Costa Rica. Part 1 Elevation: 8,885′
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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive”
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For whatever we lose ( like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea | e.e. cummings
Isla del Caño, Costa Rica.
March 2016 | Andrea Mattson.
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Recent underwater work with Costa Rica Dive & Surf.
March 2016 | Isla del Caño, Costa Rica.
www.melissarobinphoto.com
As predicted week two has flown by! A group of volunteers and I celebrated our first week with an incredible, intense twenty-mile hike and camping trip to Poás Volcano. An early Monday came quickly and the combination of climate change, exhaustion, and toddler boogers finally caught up with me. I powered up on garlic and ginger, and tried to ignore the lingering sickness as best I could. This week the schedule and classes finally got into a steady flow, although with varying amounts of kids each day, inconsistency became consistent.Each day began with some guided hula hoop dance and even some yoga. I was able to provide healthy snacks for the kids, which is rare since they are usually given sweets or chips everyday. We spent our last few days of class focusing on fun projects involving the human body, nutrition, and manners. I loved all of the kids but a few I got really close with, one little niña in particular, Karla. She spent a lot of time away from home, and clung to me everyday from the moment I walked in to the moment I left.Over the last week, I partnered up with a local Tico boy who helped drive me around and translate, acquiring the supplies for take home bags for fifty children. In each bag I was able to get a notebook, crayons, pencil, toothbrush, and a healthy juice box. My Mama Tica and her friend helped me package everything together. I was also able to provide the daycare with a large quantity of hand sanitizer, bandages, basic medical supplies, art supplies, paper, and sets of number and letter learning blocks for the kids. They were overwhelmed when I surprised them with this on my last day. I was equally overwhelmed by their astounding gratitude for such seemingly simply necessities. To celebrate, I prepared a giant fruit salad for the kids and staff as a farewell and to reaffirm that healthy can be delicious.Goodbyes are rarely easy; by the end of this trip, I had fifty to convey and not a single one of them was easy. My journey may be over but my mission is still at large. I set off on this pursuit knowing that my time with the children was limited, but my underlying goal was to leave an impact, on the Third World as well as the First. The next time these children choose a banana over a bag of chips, or say “thank you,” or brush their teeth before they go to bed, I’ll have succeeded. As for the First World, the impact I hope to leave is awareness. No combination of photographs and words can truly capture the first-hand multitude of this experience, but they aim to offer a parallel to the state of a world beyond our borders, which demands a certain appreciation for our own definition of necessity.To everyone who has helped to make this mission possible, words cannot express my immense gratitude and appreciation. I can only share with you the beauty, love, and hope that I have been endowed with by this journey. This trip has reaffirmed once again that part of my life mission is to continue traveling to impoverished areas, offering support to the underprivileged children who aren’t raised with safety, structure, hygiene, or education as the status quo. Nothing fulfills my heart quite like this. I’m already looking forward to my next humanitarian project. I will be posting a series of photos when I return in March, so stay tuned. For now, it’s time for me to unplug, disappear into the jungle, and become one with the Ticos.
THANK YOU.
Costa Rica Week 2 As predicted week two has flown by! A group of volunteers and I celebrated our first week with an incredible, intense twenty-mile hike and camping trip to Poás Volcano.
Costa Rica Week 1
Costa Rica Week 1
Week one is already over!As my flight departed LaGuardia, New York fading in the distance, the butterflies returned – dancing around my stomach, signaling the start of something exciting. I arrived in Costa Rica an hour before the sunrise, passed through Custom’s half asleep, and exited the airport greeted by a surprisingly cool breeze. As I waited for my cab driver—remembering I was now on Tico…
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When you’ve been too sick to move in a tent for 36 + hours. Drifting in and out of sleep...reality, time & space.
Unedited self portraits.
As long as I can remember I was dreaming of breathing underwater. <3
Arraial Do Cabo, Brazil
January | 2016
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