Max Nguyen

After hearing how amazing the sunrise would be, I woke up super early to catch the sunrise along the coast of New Zealand. However, there ended up being too many clouds and nothing came out as well as I would have liked. The path to the coast was full of shy sheep running away from me. On my way back home, I happened to catch these two friends from afar as we exchanged gazes and felt calm.

woman holding her brown dress in the middle of forest

Taken at Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park in August 2017. Some crazy wildfires has just struck the area and created a ton of smoke. Instead of ruining the trip, it gave the area an incredibly eerie atmosphere that was truly unique for photography. I happened to catch this moment of a lone girl paddle-boarding in the middle of the smoky lake. We had found a different kind of beauty in what most might consider an unfortunate situation.