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Born in the Philippines, living in the U.S., I straddle East and West in interests and desires. I am fascinated by cultural patterns and seek to understand their source in personal and communal histories and in people's beliefs.
Contact me at creator81@gmail.com.
On this day in 1978, Indianapolis got twice as much snow as we did today - 12.5 inches as of eight this morning. The sun is breaking the clouds down. I'm going out for more pictures. I love winter scenes, just love the bewitching if treacherous soft quality of snow visuals, even today exotic to an Asian boy!
Terry Barrett's book, Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images, continues to enlighten and inspire. He provides words for what I have been suspecting all along as I've dived into the art of images and suggests many other ways to look and "make" images. Documentary and "straight" photography intrigue me because they really are about the fundamental function of seeing, but seeing informed by what in Buddhism is called sati - mindfulness, seeing the details and the whole all at once. Seeing, I'm discovering (as an increasingly more visually biased man), is experiencing. If it is not living itself, the difference is more conceptual than real.
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At this second shoot with Brandon, I wanted to capture the lines and geometry of the male body. I have yet much to learn but learned enough from the shoot to know I want to do more of this kind of photography, closer to abstract than representational imagery. Long a fan of chiaroscuro I was especially happy with the shadows in this image.
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Happy New Year everyone! Prosperity and long life, not so much wisdom, are what people seek when a new year comes around. In China, these are symbolized by gold coins and noodles. Here's model Brandon with Chinese gold coins, actually foil-covered chocolate. Food gets in there somehow!
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