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Kenna Foster- Fine Art Photography
Blog: http://www.beholden-to-nature.blogspot.com
Sacramento, CA
USA
http://www.kennafoster.etsy.com
Email: kenn...@gmail.com
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| Though keenly interested in art and photography since youth, Kenna Foster made her debut into the “career-world” in a large office, armed with a Communications degree from Pepperdine University. As luck would have it, cubicle life was not amenable to Kenna and, though she worked long and hard, she never felt that sense of purpose and reward… of inspiration. Nature and the outdoors beckoned, unrelentingly.
Modifying the application of her Communications degree, Kenna embarked upon a career in outdoor education and preservation. Whitewater raft-guiding and teaching at Outdoor Science School allowed her the privilege of regularly seeing (and photographing) nature’s splendor. Meanwhile, her interactions with schoolchildren and the public taught Kenna that vast behavioral changes can accompany inspiration. Teaching an appreciation of nature through experience served as a more powerful motivation technique than lectures and fear tactics. Encouraged by the success of newly-inspired students, Kenna embarked on a mission to help influence environmental preservation similarly among adults, using the same philosophy. Someone who truly loves the outdoors makes a much better steward than someone who just does what he or she “should” do for the environment.
With this in mind, another avenue of teaching and inspiring presented itself. Kenna realized the opportunity to share her visions of our world when viewers repeatedly responded to locally-shot photographs exclaiming, “Wow! Where is that beautiful place?” Embracing the visual element of communication, Kenna added photography as another technique to encourage appreciation and preservation of nature. It is her hope that these beautiful vistas inspire more caretakers in that quest.
**A portion of all proceeds are donated to the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) and The W.I.L.D. Foundation.
Copyright: All images © Kenna Foster; any unauthorized use or reproduction is prohibited. |
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