The Lay Of The Land A Selftaught Photographers Journey To Find Faith Love And Happiness Joe Greer by Joe Greer 9780063111790, 0063111799, 2021038981 instant download after payment.

A
spiritually uplifting and beautiful designed visual memoir by the
hugely popular photographer on Instagram, Joe Greer, combining
thoughtful essays and more than 100 gorgeous landscape photos—half fan
favorites, and half never-before-seen.

“Each
photograph really does come down to a split second when you decide to
freeze that moment in time. . . . You ask yourself what the story is
that you want to tell, and let the rest unfold: Click.”—from the
introduction

Joe Greer never imagined he would become a photographer. 

Raised
in Florida by an aunt and uncle after his mother’s death when he was
four, Joe had a seemingly normal childhood, spending summers at church
camp and dreaming of going to college. But nearly fifteen years later,
the ground shifted beneath his feet when he discovered a family secret
that would impact the rest of his life.

Trying to
make sense of that revelation and what it meant for his future, Greer
set his sights on becoming a pastor at Spokane’s Moody Bible Institute.
There, he discovered Instagram—and a passion for photography. His
pictures of the lush, wild beauty of the Pacific Northwest landscape
attracted a large following that has grown to more than three quarters
of a millions fans and continues to expand. 

The Lay of the Land
is Joe’s story in words and pictures. In this stunning compendium, he
reflects on the trauma of his early life and what photography has taught
him: how to find his light; how to slow down; how to appreciate the
world around him, a reverence for the nature world that that both
nurtures and amplifies his creativity and faith; how to love—his
photography led him to his wife, Madison—and how to heal. For Joe,
photography has been a way to find purpose, better understand his faith,
and express himself. Though he began with landscapes, meeting his wife
sparked a new love of portraiture, and he turned to making photos of
street scenes that explored his complicated feelings about fami