Pure Nowhere

muriel margaret - fall the fuck in love with what you're doing

“fall the fuck in love with what you’re doing and there’s no way people won’t pick up on the magic.”

Paris in November

I took a trip to Paris this November, during the quiet, less tourist-y time of year. This photo series, shot on Kodak Portra 160 and 800, documents the noticed surroundings I felt as I explored Paris, a city so historic, and yet so vibrant, glowing, and ever-changing.

Photos, Dear YouthKyla RainFebruary 5, 2019Paris, 35mm, film photography, street photography, Photos (1)Comment

一人暮らし Living Alone (in a dream)

Seeing her small, intimate corner of an intimidating and noisy city left such a big impression on me. I felt inspired and honored to be invited into her safe haven, hidden between the crowded crosswalks and noisy Izakayas.

Photos, Dear YouthKyla RainFebruary 4, 2019Tokyo, Japan, photo essay, photo gallery, Photos (1) Comment

Odd To Me

I suppose I always have a goal to photograph other people more than I do when I take my camera out, but I tend to end up stuck in my head and just snap pictures of my surroundings––In this case, Rochester, Montreal, Albany, and Chicago––with just a few of friends and strangers and always a self-portrait or two.

Photos, Dear YouthKyla RainFebruary 2, 201935mm, film photography, Zophia Dadlez, New York, Montreal, Albany, Chicago, photo journal, Photos (1)Comment

Alice in Wasteland

Maybe, one day, she’d get out.

Dear YouthKyla RainFebruary 2, 2019short story, fiction, CULTURE CATEGORY, Dear Youth (3) Comments

Like the Wind

I think I am happy, although last night I almost threw up from being so tired.

Dear Samia

a love letter to a musician, a best friend, a soulmate.

Dear YouthKyla RainJanuary 28, 2019CULTURE CATEGORY, Samia, 35mm, love letter, dear youth, Dear Youth (3)Comment

Break The Stigma

There is no shame in knowing what you need and taking action to help yourself get better…Choose to break the stigma and expand your understanding. Mental illness isn’t a choice, but stigma and ignorance are.

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Clarissa May: The Inner Making of My Mind

Nostalgia's weird, man. I just think about ‘older me’ and I try to capture everything for her.

Tạm Biệt Hà Nội - A Photo Journal

From the beginning of this trip I knew that I could either wallow in self pity over the fact that I don’t have a home here anymore, or I could embrace gratitude for the chance of being able to visit Hanoi for the last time in a long time.

I chose the latter.