On NYTimes.com check out the article and really get into the story when you watch the video.
The story of skateboarding in Afghanistan really caught my eye. I think about how it got started. I can only come up with the idea, he was just open for anything to happen when he started to follow his girlfriend to Afghanistan. That includes nothing.
I must admit I wondered what will happen to the spirits of the girls when they can’t skate anymore. Those kids look like they are enjoying a freedom they haven’t been able to play when they skate. I guess the answer is in the now. Now, they are having the time of their lives.
Recently enjoying a good photo printer | curiosity of mail art | digital collage | the onslaught of trees on the sidewalk | …
Photography projects and series I’m currently realizing and developing.
project: Postcards
Properly Saved in Mail
Mail art
High resolution digital/photo collages within the limit of a postcard, 4×6 and 5×7
Project in process
The progress of the process is mailed
Purpose of communication
series: The Dogs
My Best Friends
This idea started after a few consecutive visits to my friend’s apartment, when I’m getting ready to leave and realizing the repetitiveness of the action. Each time I visited the last “scene” of my visits was very similar. This similarity made me aware of my repetitive actions/observations of other dogs in my life. This series is starting with Isabella.
Collage(s) of one dog, taken during a single visit.
There are recognized moments of repetition. The repetition of the visit results in capturing like moments linking each visit. The action usually happens once per visit, over days, although a short moment could result in a lot of the same. Like playing fetch. This series is the moment of like moments in over time. OK, whatever. Photos of dogs I love too.
Pay attention to certain moments (the ones I usually recognize). The entry, the exit, the calm activity, the usual activity… whatever develops.
Started a Flickr set which will be evolving, The Dogs, Postcard (starting with the three 4×6 postcard sketches, in this post)
series: The Trees
Replanting
The onslaught of discarded Christmas trees on the sidewalk reignited an idea I had last year. I picked up my camera again and really started shooting. With the eye open for one kind of shot, you find one you didn’t know you were looking for
Current duration: Dec. 2007, Dec. 2008
Sort of a practice in repetition, especially when there are more than you can shoot.
Sort of automated with one or two running ideas but nothing concrete on why I’m taking these photos. The only thought I’ve had so far is to stand them back up.
Post on Flickr, a Collection with each set within displaying a series of photos in different fashion.
If you do a Google search for “Minangasli” you see the local tabloids started to point this place out in 2006. I would simply say it dropped from the heavens in 2006 and thankfully landed a short train ride from my front door.
One of the dishes I came to try and moan in delight at every bite of was what NYTimes called “Indonesian Penicillin“. Did you see that photo? That’s a hard boiled fried egg. Just a finishing touch to an amazingly fresh eat. My friend and I tried 4 dishes. She went home with two orders of the for-mentioned soup! There is a lot of flavor and when we received some of our dishes the waitress told us to, “…look out for those small things there.” The warning was appreciated and observed as I ate the fresh hot peppers. It’s not all hot but it is all very tasty.
There is no need for me to talk about this place too much because the following have, complete with photos (since I forgot to take my camera out of the bag)!
WAIT TWO WEEKS from this post, as they told us they were closing down for renovations. I really can’t believe I almost showed up when this place was closed. The stars were aligned tonight!
I found myself in one of my friend’s artworks on my morning photo shoot. This moment with the bike made me think of Adrienne’s (arcane-arts) bike drawings combined with her more whimsical Time let me play and becharacters.
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