Torrie Hazelwood

This website is a chance for me to share my photography and travels with friends, family, and interested parties alike. From wandering around my house, camp, and early travels with disposable cameras to my current habit of lugging heavy lenses wherever I go, photography has served as a (sometimes more reliable) memory bank. Capturing my experiences has been a compelling way for me to recall what I have been drawn to (especially looking back at my early years) and compare my perspective with others'. Since my first international experience, I have been privileged to travel around the world and throughout the U.S. for school, work, and pleasure. This has served to feed my desire to learn more about people and places around the globe and in my own neighborhood. It has also laid the foundation for me to reflect on my own positionality as I become a more reflexive traveler.

How Now Mao?

November 01, 2015 by Torrie Hazelwood in China, Travel

Fudon University, Shanghai, China

I spent a lot of time with Mao while I was writing my thesis last year and this statue was like seeing an old acquaintance - one that I side eye and think "I know what you're about and I know what you've done".

Fudon University, Shanghai, China

P.S. The Chinese government held an intervention for me and I am now on a social media cleanse. I am currently testing the age old question "if you didn't instagram or snapchat it, did it even really happen?!"