Consuming Love was taken as part of one of my assignments from one of my photography classes. The assignment: take a photograph of something ugly, but make it beautiful. A sunny winter morning… The sun slowly, but surely, melting the ice away… much like an unrequited love slowly can eat oneself. Hence, the ugliness of it all. Beautiful, but quite destructive… Much like an unrequited love eats anyone from the inside, I named this photograph Consuming Love because the ice is trying to hold on, when in reality it is disintegrating as the day goes by.
Consuming Love was shot with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodak T-Max 400 B&W film, in February 2004.
Detail was shot in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Detail is part of a large stained glass near the cafeteria atrium. Most people look at stained glass window as a whole, but looking at it closely reveals all these wonderful shapes that sometimes have a life of their own. Detail showcases the delicate folds of one of the skirts of a roman soldier. Such a strong masculine figure, holding vigorously a sword, yet the softness of his garment attests to the fragility of the human soul.
Detail was shot with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodak T-Max 400 B&W film, in March 2004.
Spring 2004. A quiet walk along the Delaware canal near Easton, Pennsylvania, suddenly turned ambitious, exciting, and full of assurances. Passageway quickly became part of that magic realm that allows us to dream away… Where would this stream take me? It doesn’t really matter; comfort of the soul is waiting at the end.
Passageway was shot with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodak T-Max 100 B&W film.
Under the Table was shot in a house in Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia. So many things can go on under a table that can go by unnoticed; however, the morning light reveals the soul Under the Table. Dust, scratches, dirt… all framed within the lines of the shadows and lights. All in uncovered for everyone to see .
Under the Table was shot with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodak T-Max 400 B&W film.
My visit to Brugge awakened the European way-of-life mystique in me, and although difficult to understand, Brugge, Belgium does exactly that. The angle of the houses and stream take the observer to a focal point where man and nature almost develop a symbiotic relationship, a relationship strengthened with the moss covering the walls.
Brugge, Belgium was shot with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodakcolor ISO 100 color film, in December of 1997.
I like Picture Window for several reasons: i) it was single shot; ii) even though is just a shot of a living room, the photograph is full of energy, all lines converging into key points and filling the space with a delicious energy; iii) everything in the photograph is connected through the lines, and even the painting on the wall is crooked, it is connected to the cushions on the sofa, as the pattern is the same; and iv) the morning light illuminates what the new day will bring, inviting us to enjoy it.
Picture Window was shot in Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia, with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodak T-Max 400 B&W film, in October 2003.
Bike Racks was shot at a parking lot in a small town in Western Australia. Bike Racks has rhythm and repetition, much like when one rides a bike.
Bike Racks was shot with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodak T-Max 400 B&W film, in October 2003.
From the dawn of time, man has to rely on mother Earth for sustainment. Harvest depicts the many shapes and forms mother Earth has chosen to lend a hand to us. This photographs works because it appeals to a broad audience at a very simple and primitive level.
Harvest was shot at a local farm in Lansdale, Pennsylvania with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodak T-Max 400 B&W film, in October 2003.
A pine cone… It may take up to 10 years for a seed of a pine tree to germinate. The pine cone is a protective shell to ensure survival of the species. Through the simple use of depth of field, Seeds creates a fictitious illusion of secludedness, while reinforcing the frail state of a pine cone.
Seeds was shot with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodak T-Max 400 B&W film.
A visit to the Nockamixon State Park, Pennsylvania, revealed the 1,450-acre Lake Nockamixon, a peaceful body of water in this rapidly developing area. On this sunny Saturday morning, the pier captured my attention, and I was immediately drawn to it. The almost stillness of the water, and the loneliness of the pier itself come together in harmony to create the mood of the setting. The lines take us directly to the tip of the pier, not photographed in its entirely to retain the anticipation that someone or something is coming. Waiting is also known as “L’Homage à Alexandre Dumas” in honor to his last words in his masterpiece “Le Comte de Monte-Cristo”: wait and hope.
Waiting was shot with an Olympus OM-10 using 35 mm Kodak T-Max 400 B&W film.
