I look forward to being part of the Rotterdam Photo Festival... “Transitions” this February...
this image was taken after the first Sonoma Fire two years ago in Santa Rosa, California where several communities went up in flames...
there is nothing quite so humbling as to walk through the embers and left over treasures of a house and family...shards of a history of years....childens toys, pieces of pottery, burned out bicycles and remaining hearths....
but really, in the end what is left is the strength and fortitude of people who have endured the pain, loss and sadness and their ability to keep going and begin again..
because, in the end for those who have survived..what really matters is that they have each other.. which is more important that anything else.. friends , family, a community..... one in transition rebuilding again
A tribute to you.. Sonoma Strong.... never seen a community dig in so deep to help each other.. proud ... the good stuff we are made of...
