My daughter Sophia decided one day that she didn't want to be a princess anymore. Now she wants to be an astronaut, fly to the moon and perhaps to Mars as well. She is afraid and she doesn't want to be away from home, or her family. She still wants to go into space.
I wanted to create a surreal world in the simplest possible way; five hundred Red Cedars create an spectacular green canyon that seems to go forever. The reflective balloons allowed me to show the scene from different points of view; like having several cameras in the same scene. It is possible to see Sophia in past, present, and future location points. If you look closely, you can see her father (me) in the beginning of her journey being reflected on her present on the shiny balloons. One day in the future, I will not be with her.
My hope with this photograph is that she sees it later in life, and it will remind her to follow her dreams, to believe in herself and that she will be able to accomplish anything she wants.
