Category Archives: Personal
Smoke
This series is dedicated to the memory of my cousin who recently lost his battle with cancer.
Smoke allows each of us to see the images it offers in our own unique way. To me these images each have a part of the story. Smoke is not what you may think. It’s the representation of the fragile nature of life and all things that surround us. How easily we would dissipate, just like the last wisp of smoke from a candle.
Crossing the lines
“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way.” -Vincent van Gogh
Portraits of Patrik
Shortly after I moved to my new studio I realized that I lived very close to this guy I had heard about so much … I decided to call him and have a coffee.
7 months later and he has become a great friend and a wise sounding board. These images were taken at my studio one sunny afternoon while we talked photography and Patrick discovered the wild things you can do with a mirror.
Marseilles, la vieille ville
These Images are from Marseilles, France. Le Panier is the only area of town that survived WWII. The building tightly built together, narrow streets and the landscape of “Provence”. Marseilles, la vieille ville is my impressions of a city I lived in after more than 20 years of absence.
Fluid photons
The idea of capturing movement as you can see by many of my images is a fascination. Though freezing a moment in history and documenting what is seen are photography’s “raison d’etre”, capturing movement has also fascinated photographers for as long. To me it’s the ability to transforming light and objects we know allowing the photographer to create abstracts.
I call my style “natural photography” where nature’s laws help to create an image by allowing a free movement to the camera or long exposure while taking a photograph. Thus using gravity and the forth dimension to explore movement in photography.
Tattoos n’ Tutus
I’m working on a new series called “Tattoos n’ Tutus”. I have always liked tattoos, I mean they are just so cool to look at. A living painting, and when done right tattoos are beautiful, full of color and vibrant.
However, my opinion is not one shared by a majority, I think many people still have the wrong idea when they see someone with tattoos. There is still a bit of fear, rejection and the belief that tattoos and anti social behavior go hand in hand.
I guess with this series I am showing a softer, funnier side of people who, like myself, just simply love “Ink” and it’s not even for show but as a proof of a life story lived. Stories told in tattoos. The contrast of the “Hard” tattoo and the “Soft/Classic” is used as a comedic medium to bring the audience and the subject closer … to allow room for talk where fear no longer exists.
So … here is one to wet your appetite. Look for more as I will post them as I finish each shoot. If you like this series and know people with lots and lots of tattoos send them my way. Maybe we can add their images and stories to the series.
Latest addition to the series, Rosa was amazing to work with. She got so into the concept when we talked about it that the results were far better than expected.
Red Woman
In Japanese “Acai” means red and “Me” is Woman.
The second collaboration between Acaime and I gave us these images.
A Dragon is a symbol of power, protection and prosperity in Asian cultures, and the subject of her piece.
Webbed City
Webbed city, a series that looks at the urban environment. Our skylines littered by electric and streetcar wires offering us a different view. Energy and entrapment. A man-made powerful web that withholds to all winds, ice and storms. Holding us captive and dependent to its power. Often overlooked; these images offer a view of the real city in its web.
