The whole story: It was a ten year dream to take photos on this island. I first read the book ‘Cloud Atlas’ in 2012 and was absolutely captivated by the themes of connection, karma, and the way our choices ripple through time in ways we could never imagine. “From womb to tomb, we are bound to others... past, and present. And by each crime... and every kindness... we birth our future.” I believe lines such as this one fundamentally changed the course of my life, the way I think about art, and the way I try to impact other people. I had only just graduated from highschool at the time, but I was beginning my photography journey with a hand me down camera and a dream to make art that mattered. One of the lines written in a letter between two of the book’s main characters, the lovers Sixsmith and Frobisher, reads in a time of immense peril: “Find me under the Corsican stars, where we first kissed.” The idea of two people so filled with magic and so deeply in love that their bond would echo through eternity, and the thought that their connection started on one tiny little French island stuck with me ever since. I thought that if two people, even fictional, could be so inspired by a place then I had to see it for myself. I was determined to someday be able to make art from this little island. Ten years later, last summer in 2022, I finally did.