Hi, I'm Tara
“"I'm the one on the left, navigating this beautifully messy thing we call life. Hazel calls me Mama, and my partner in crime is holding it down on the right. I’m a mix of the lessons I’ve learned, the mistakes I’ve made, and the love I’ve shared and lost. All of it has shaped me into who I am today. I’m grateful for this ongoing journey called life."”
I like to document life.
Most photography bio's start with I am an award winning photographer, which I am but I would like to tell you why and it starts with Don Wessels.
“The day you stop dreaming, is the day you stop living,” says motivational speaker, Don Wessels, who at the age of 19 lost the use of his eyes and hands in an explosion in Angola whilst doing his two-year National Service in the Defence Force.
Despite this tragedy which brought huge challenges, Wessels, who was born in 1969, has achieved incredible successes. He decided to focus on what he could still do and set certain goals for himself. Today he holds an honours and MA degrees, has been married for 24 years to Maatje and together they have three sons. Wessels has climbed to the top of Kilimanjaro as a blind person and still has a lot left on his bucket list.
Thanks to Don Wessels, I got to see the world in a new light and am doing my best to live life to the fullest.
Don Wessels, 2013
“I realise that we’re not put on earth to live just for ourselves. Life is about more than just ‘me’. We’re here to reach out and touch other’s lives by doing so.”
- Don Wessels