Feeling desperately behind everyone else, but I’ve been spending the past week trying to collect my thoughts around last weekend with Roam Media Core. I’m not sure any amount of time is going to help me completely take in everything I was given from this experience, but it deserved a long ass post (even though I’m not going to even be able to scratch the surface).
Applying to this program was terrifying. I constantly doubt my worth in the space and felt vulnerable putting myself out there as a photographer, especially one looking for guidance. It was scary to put myself out there and to trust that my work and mission behind it all was enough. But if there was any environment I would want to put myself out there to grow, it was one surrounded by women empowering one another. It was this program.
As women we’re conditioned to see each other as competition, taught that there isn’t enough space for us all. It’s a lie. In reality, the secret to our success is pulling each other up the mou...