TITLE: Remote Watchtowers

AUTHOR: Matt Leedham (United States)

I travel a lot and take pictures of the people, places, and cultures I experience. I started with street photography, got into landscape photography, and have dabbled into other genres along the way.

I believe a still photograph provides us with an opportunity that is unique to video or even a live experience. A photograph gives us time to stop, feel, and think. For just a moment, we may feel a sense of wonderment or awe, joy or sadness, shock or curiosity, loneliness or connection. As a result, we may think about the world around us and the people among us.

Although still an amateur, my photos have appeared as an editor’s pick for the 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Award website, various non-profit websites and publications, as well as in two exhibits in the Washington DC area.