Poppin’ the Cork on the Photography Thing

One major step forward for Team Boston Thek Imagery!

I am happy to announce, after a month of concentrated hard work, we revealed our work in Brussels this past weekend at the Brussels Accessible Art Fair.   The best way for me to describe the event for you is it was like Christmas morning for me.  After spending the past 3 years making every one’s gifts, I was blessed to watch their faces as they opened and discovered each image…each gift.

Honestly I was overwhelmed by the reaction of people to my simple images.  They really did get it!  Many said the subject matter was of ordinary things, shown in an extraordinary way…that each image was a magical moment captured on paper.

One key moment that sticks in my mind was when a British woman arrived with her son and they fell in love with the image of the bee frozen in air about to land on a poppy.  She told me the only reason her 9 year old was coming with her to the art fair was to see photographers.  I personally was floored by how so many of the children attending the event actually spent concentrated time in front of the images and paintings to admire them and enjoy them, but that is another story.  What I want to share with you is the fact that this Poppy loving woman bought the print and her son, the 9 year old bought a framed print of my image “Time Portal” where light is pouring through the forest and appears as a doorway in time.  We spoke together about the image at length and I told him how I believed it to be Narnia.  His mother kindly left her framed image with us on the booth wall  for the next three days but her son insisted he wanted to hang his in his room….THAT NIGHT.

I was so incredibly honored.  Actually I was so incredibly honored by all the people who came and spent time with me, listening to my stories, showed me support and all my friends and their endless belief in me and my work.

The weekend felt like a year to me, in the most wonderful way.  Though I was tired, I sort of wished it would never end as I was drawing such positive energy from everyone I met.

I wanted to make sure to take time while it was fresh in my mind to share this all with you and to say THANK YOU for your time and support.

This was ONE GIANT STEP for Laura kind!