Through the Lens: Freezing Time and Memories that Define Our Minds

Through the Lens: Freezing Time and Memories that Define Our Minds
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In this frozen moment, a girl is so amazed with the drifting time that she decides to seize it to freeze the passing hour. Inspired by the setting yellow sun and smiles of her point of focus, she captures moments that will long be the source of smiles in the silent echo of moments yet to be. With an infectious smile hatched from her centerpiece, her twists woven from the strong strands of her afro, and the camera carefully cupped by her hands, she represents a body of captured moments that will go beyond time and tell stories of old.

Her passion to carpe diem had ignited at a young age, determined to snatch these timeless moments, she found the camera and with every gaze she catches the simple essence of moments of her kind through her lens.

Just like a portal, her lens becomes the time machine, taking back time and making extraordinary moments in life come to a standstill and crafting them into everlasting memories.With every click, the sound mimics the urge to imprint these memories, emotions and stories onto the blank spaces of the mind. Through her lens, ordinary moments are transformed into extraordinary scenes that will forever be stamped in the garden of hearts and memories.

She stands there, immersed in time with the colour, people, noise, and action that surrounds her, oblivious to the chaos that awaits her in her messy mind. The clicks and shutters from the camera serve as music soothing her satisfactorily and balancing the racket from within and without.

Through the lens, every photo tells a story, uniquely captured, she tells the stories of what she records. Believing that these photos could evoke emotions, and ignite change, she documents with caution and kindness the beauty and struggles of her kind.

It is not just photography to her, but an odyssey for self-discovery, she discovers herself each day, unraveling the art hidden in the ordinary moment, and finding peace in a chaotic world.

Beyond capturing these timeless moments, her lens is a megaphone for self-expression, unveiling the beautiful moments we can derive happiness from if only we zoom in and freeze time a little bit. She invites others to see the world through their lens, unravel stories, and journey on this visual adventure to capture fragments of our lives that will forever live in the wells of our memories.

She understands that for as long as she holds that camera, she has the power to transcend the boundaries of time and space. Through this found passion, she reminds others to cherish the beauty of the present, to seize every second to freeze moments that define our minds, and with each click each day, she continues to capture the essence of her kind, ensuring that these stories through the lens would be forever immortalized in the hearts and minds of generations to come.

Dorcas Kongwie

Dorcas Kongwie

Communication||Advocacy|| Short Story Writer||
Ghana