My name is Sergio Bastidas. I was born and raised in Southern California in a little town called Brawley. It was not until the age of 17 that I became fascinated with photography. By the age of 18 it had become my passion. The camera became my way of telling a story. That story being life with all of its beauty, tragedy, highs, lows, inspiration and loss.

 

“Lightning splits the sky
Shining blinding whiteAnd here I lie almost asleepReckoning in a place of peaceAnd I feelI found my placeIn time and spaceIn hope and faithAnd love I giveMy mind is clearI have no fearI shed no tearsFor you my dearThis world is wonderful, so beautifulIf only you can open up your mind and seeYour world is everything you ever dreamed ofIf only you can open up your mind and seeThe beauty that is here”

Lightning splits the sky

Shining blinding white
And here I lie almost asleep
Reckoning in a place of peace

And I feel
I found my place
In time and space
In hope and faith
And love I give
My mind is clear
I have no fear
I shed no tears
For you my dear

This world is wonderful, so beautiful
If only you can open up your mind and see

Your world is everything you ever dreamed of
If only you can open up your mind and see

The beauty that is here”