The Cherry Melt

I woke up with a funky crick in my neck when I was being politely asked if I'd like some ice-cream.. the time-warp snack of choice on this overseas flight to India. It would have been 7 am in New York at this hour. I asked what flavor, they said Ben and Jerry's Chocolate fudge. I'm usually a touch cranky when I get woken up, but the Ice cream was helping me get into a better mood quickly.

We were about 40 minutes or so from Doha, this was just a few hours before I would arrive in Mumbai. I didn't know this at the time but I was about to witness a romance I've heard and read about in a lot of poetry. The red sea sun-set sky of the Persian Gulf. It's the type of red that makes you forget who you are for a few moments.

The Shower Series, Self Portrait

The Shower series is on a mini sabatical until I return from India in six weeks. While I still will be posting from India I wanted to leave you with this one last image of the series, a self portrait. This project began with me and a fascination of this light, color, texture in my own space, it's what egged this series on. I thought it would be appropriate to place a pause in the series with a final image of myself. So, to be continued...

A few new showers from 2010

Two memorable trips with the C330

Two

I just got a stray film roll from my California travels processed and re-discovered an image I had recently created. It made my day.

The sun is for everyone...

...but the beach is for those who deserve it - "City of God"
This image was made on a quaint beach on Martha's Vineyard. As this very dapper woman walked by me and my Mamiya on the beach that day, I was particularly reminded me of this quote from City of God.

Aline Smithson

Two portraits I was quite inspired by in my blog browsings are by photographer Aline Smithson. Please enjoy some of her other work on her web link. One of her quotes reads "I take photographs to allow myself and the viewer to linger a little longer within an image." These portraits certainly got me to do that without a doubt. Kudos!