✍🏻 Reflections

An artist statement on Photohiking: walking as origin, the series as form, and storytelling as meaning — where image, sequence and essay form one cohesive work.

Iconic landscapes promise the perfect photograph, yet many are strained by overtourism and long-haul travel. This essay explores why responsible nature photography often begins close to home — and how presence, intention, and Photohiking can lead to deeper, more meaningful images.

A neighbour sees an image from the Steinerberg and asks about the camera. This essay offers the other answer: Photohiking as a way of reading landscape through walking, light, seven images and text.