Olga Van Der Tas

Dreamy lavender edited with my new dreamy nature action set. 

Powerful Summer Storms, Gloucestershire UK

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Capturing the Moments We Take for Granted with @vandheur

For more snapshots from Hennessy — all shot on his phone — follow @vandheur on Instagram.

“#hellomynameis Hennessy Vandheur (@vandheur). I am 17 years old, and I’m from Anaheim, California. I can tell you the instant I knew I was going to be a photographer for the rest of my life.

I’ve been a foster kid since I was 14, when my mom kicked me out of our house. I was on a rooftop in Los Angeles taking photos during a really dark time in my life. I didn’t know what to do with my life, where to go. But then, I looked out and I saw the city, the lights — I saw just how beautiful the world was around me. There’s such beauty in capturing a moment like that, and making it accessible to everyone. I’ve made it my passion to immortalize the moments around us that we all take for granted.