I am a multi-media journalist, digital storytelling instructor and Master of Journalism student at UBC.

I love the feeling of arriving in a new place, when you get that rush of curiosity and wonder about strangers.

I made this one-and-a-half minute video vignette in my hotel room after riding the BART subway from San Francisco Airport to Berkeley earlier this year.

Putting together these stills and video clips, I was reminded of the words of Dorothea Lange:

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

I’ve never been a lover of gadgets. This is why I love cameras. Still learning, still loving the lessons.

~Suzanne Ahearne