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"If it takes shit to make bliss, well, I feel pretty blissfully."
~Modest Mouse



Life is simply a culmination of the images we see, and capturing these images is, in a sense, documenting my life in the form of photography. More memories are triggered by the thousands of photos I have taken than by anything I've ever written down. A photograph holds so much power; it can make me laugh, make me cry, make me wish I was somewhere else, and make me glad to be where I am. It's like an autobiography that I don't even have to write; I just sit back, observe, pay attention, and click.



Name: Ali
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Orientation: Bisexual
Location: A basement apartment in an Illinois college town with my boyfriend Brian, our cat, and our dog
Occupation: Server, for the time being, until I get my nursing degree
Feel Most At Home In: The mountains of Colorado
Would Kill Someone For: A sushi dinner
Couldn't Live Without: Coffee in the morning
Number of Addresses in the Last Three Years: Seven
Number of Photos Taken in the Last Three Years: Ten thousand
What I'm Most Proud Of: I am compassionate, I am intensely creative, and I always see the beauty in ordinary things
My Biggest Regrets: Spending years of my life getting fucked up instead of getting my act together
Future Plans Include: Going to nursing school, marrying Brian (keeping my fingers crossed), and seeing all fifty states





The last few years have been rough, partly because of bad decision making, partly because of bad luck. I take credit for all the poor choices I've made, and I've certainly learned some much-needed lessons the hard way. And, most important of all, I see the silver lining in all of it. Through debt, illness, injury, homelessness, hunger, poverty and pain, I have been given opportunities that no one else would. I've seen so many things. I appreciate the little things so much more. And that, more than anything else, makes me grateful for all the shitty times.

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