My name is Alwood Wick. I'm a husband, a father of seven, a grandfather — once and soon to be twice — and a missionary who happens to carry a camera everywhere he goes.
My wife Rosie and I lead Wicktribe Missions here in the Philippines. It's our family's calling and our daily life. Between us we're raising seven children in the middle of the work, and now we're watching the next generation begin with our grandchildren.
The journey actually started with my father — an avid photographer who put my first 35mm film camera into my hands as a teenager. I haven't looked back since. Every frame I make still carries something of him in it.
Photography crept into the rest of my life almost without me noticing. What started as a way to document what God was doing here turned into something deeper — a way to reach people. A way to say I see you without needing language. A way to put a face to a story and a story to a face.
I shoot both stills and documentary video on the same assignments, often at the same time. It's the way I've learned to tell stories that connect straight to the heart.
This site is the start of something. A home for the photographs, the prints, the books to come. A place to share the journey, and one day to invite others into it — through photo tours on the field, through The Psalms project, through a creative community, and eventually through an app for fellow storytellers.
Music is on the horizon too. But for now — the lens.
Thank you for being here.
— Al