Homesick, Courtney Coles 2011

I credit my 19th and 20th year on this planet as the time I started loving people for who they were and not who I wanted them to be. In my growing, I frequented certain areas with certain people that will always have a special place in my heart. When I moved to Portland at the end of the summer of 2010, I found myself yearning to be at some of these locations with the people I associate them with. The feeling was overwhelming, causing me to close off and not attempt to make any new memories with the new people I was surrounded by.

When I went home last summer, I made it a point to let go of my past. What came to be were 8 instant photographs of select locations in Los Angeles (and one in Anaheim). They’re on instant film because the moments I spent with these individuals in these locations were instant. That year of my life sent me people who have changed my life. Some in good ways and others in bad. They were all for the best.

I love you, but I love you too much to allow myself to not move on with my life.