Island photographer’s beach image tops Canadian Geographic competition
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For Cumberland’s Sara Kempner, home is driftwood and rocks scattered along a Vancouver Island shoreline.
That happy place in Seal Bay, captured in a two-year-old self-portrait, earned Kempner first prize in a photography competition held by
Canadian Geographic magazine.
It asked contestants to submit an image that shows what home means to them.
“This is a self-portrait I took while visiting my parents at the property I grew up on, and it is an homage to my childhood,” Kempner said in her submission.
“We were fortunate to have the beach as our playground as kids and I truly believed that this place shaped me into the person I am today. Being creative and adventurous outside as a child translated into a lifelong love of the outdoors, which is now reflected in my overall lifestyle as well as my photography. I will be forever grateful for this beach and all it taught me.”