Denise Vasquez Photography

Photography by Denise Vasquez There is something #sacred, #tribal and #safe about feeling #grounded in the #earth, especially in #sand! It has played such a vital important part of my #life and I’m #learning more and more to #appreciate the little things in life like #focusing on #happy #moments of #playing in the sand, burying my #feet in the sand, and taking #photos in the sand whether at the #beach, or in the #desert. I used to #love #climbing in sand #dunes to take #photo

Do you every have an epiphany, you know that “Ah HA” #moment where everything seems so clear? The other day I was thinking about my #life, everything I’ve experienced, leading me to this moment. When I was in elementary school, I was in a speech class with other special needs children. For many summers during my teenage years, I worked at a camp for special needs children & young adults called Camp Lee Mar. Being in a class with special needs children taught me about #compass

Do what makes you #happy & Use whatever #tools you need to make your life a little easier! Doing #photography has always been my #passion & my #happiness, especially #outdoors! Months ago, I started to #stand & #walk again, and currently I can only stand on my feet for a limited amount of time. I refuse to allow my #disabilities, #injuries, or chronic #pain put limitations on my #dreams or control me! I’m #learning to do what I need to happily live my #life! I’ve discovered t

Sometimes it's difficult to know what our #purpose is while we're facing #challenges, but I truly #believe we all have a purpose in life! Almost 3 years ago I got injured at work. I went to hell & back, was misdiagnosed by so many doctors, got lost in a broken system, ended up in a wheelchair, didn't know if I would ever walk again & lost hope! Being in a #wheelchair showed me a world that does not accommodate #disabled people physically, mentally or spiritually. After almost

I am excited to announce a new project I created called "The Disabled Photographer Project"! If you'd like to learn more about my journey & what led me to create this project, be sure to subscribe to my #blog & follow on #Instagram https://www.instagram.com/disabledphotographerproject The beautiful logo was designed & created in a collaborative effort with Artist Randy Martinez. You can see more of his work at https://www.randymartinez.art If you'd like to #Donate to The Disa