first of all thank you for this extremely generous giveaway

I am an artist and I want to show my art in the best possible fashion. In the future I would also like to travel the world and capture moments of my travels. At the moment I use phone or I ask a friend to come with his camera. the difference in quality is quite significant.

some of the photos of my favorite pieces I get with a phone:

photos my friend got with his camera:

the problem with asking a friend to take photos is that this makes me dependant on another person. For example more when a week ago I asked him take photos of my 2 latest pieces. He is yet to do so. In that time I am already close to finishing another piece. If I would have a camera it would allow me to make better photos without any help from others. Greater quality photos would increase value of my work and make it more appealing to potential buyers. But most importantly I would have more freedom.

I can't say what photography means to me because I dont think that making a pictures of my art or my dog is enough to make me a photohapher. So instead I will say what my art means to me. I believe that I came to this world with a single mission. To leave it just a tiny bit brighter than I found it. My art is my way of doing that. I also have a selfish goal. I want to carve my name in to history. To be known and remembered for centuries after I die. My art is a tool achieve that immortality. I want to enjoy every moment of my life till the last breath. My art is one of the things that brings complete joy to my life. I am not the most social person but at the same time I share myself with the world by making my art. Most of my works takes more than 100 hours to complete so I believe that I leave a fragment of myself in each piece I make. But at the same time after making that new piece I feel like I just found another piece of me.

So I would use camera as a tool to showcase my art in a more appropriate fashion. and to capture important fragments of my joyful journey of life.