Maybe the moment you see total humanity, in yourself, in others, is the very place where kindness and human connection begin. I’ve watched these very moments, both big and small, and all the beautiful and complicated ways we are human unfold through my lens for over a decade now. 

 

My own path of honoring my humanity has been a windy one, never smooth exactly but rich in learning about myself, the world and how I want to love both better. Over the last twenty years, I started a kindness movement, deconstructed an broken faith and made a new one, walked towards old pain to heal a dear partnership/marriage/self, grew along with our four kids, followed a kid through a beautiful gender discovery and claiming, walked the same kid and our family through a cancer diagnosis, watched a business disappear overnight and be completely rebuilt through a pandemic, and left a beloved job to choose myself, maybe for the first time ever in my 45 years. 

 

Somewhere in the middle of my own pain, joy and struggle and walking with others, I discovered there is great beauty in the dark, and true power in the light...and more importantly, that we are not meant to be in it alone.  

 

My name is Patience Salgado, I am a kindness worker, compassion photographer and social impact artist based in Richmond, Virginia.