New photos coming soon, I promise!

Too busy planning a trip. New photos soon, I promise!

And eight million butterflies forgot about rules

What a delightful surprise to find a postcard this afternoon in a store in Montreal with a photo the photographer Dita Kubin took of me in 2007 and a few words...



when you are sleeping
you are a precious
black and white photograph
that begins to breath

the day we met
i uttered something completely stupid

i can still remember your lips
laughing
endlessly

a sweet red tidal wave
overwhelmed us both-

you said you loved
heart-shaped pretzels with beer

i said i appreciated the symmetry
of your appetite

there was no what if
forever wedded to forever
and eight million butterflies
forgot about rules

frame by frame
the photograph moves

curling in me
in a spoon feeding itself

-Dita Kubin-

"The fact that we are human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish human beings from one another."

-Simone de Beauvoir-

Behind the mirror

New photos coming soon, I promise!

I am too busy figuring out how to get enough money to buy the new Canon 5D Mark II and a couple of professional lenses.

Cinemascapes

A photography project that caught my eye a year ago and is still my favourite: Aaron Hobson's Cinemascapes.

Dark and original. I absolutely love it!

Mimi and cousins go for a walk in Paris

Enjoying the French coast last November (Color)

Enjoying the French coast last November (B/W)

Watching time pass me by

Untitled

08/08/08 08:08 am

"in dreams we stand on the shore between the ocean of spirit and the land of matter"
-David Mitchell-

A "mistold" story

Feet that walk away

The first photo taken with my Mamiya C330S

Jerusalem (Holga)

Outside the old city.

Jerusalem

Probably, my favourite city in the world.

MOM the Queen of Hearts

These girls ran to me with a huge smile when they saw me walking lost in the old city of Nablus (West Bank). And while I tried to find my way out of the old city, they kept looking at me and smiling. It was an extremely warm reception.

In the tunnels of Nablus's casbah

The old city of Nablus (West Bank) has been the scene of fierce fighting during the first and second intifadas and the place where Palestinian suspects hide.

Back to the Yulong River

While waiting for Israel and the West Bank.

Every time you leave, I try to keep the best of you

Die slowly

He who becomes the slave of habit,
who follows the same routes every day,
who never changes pace,
who does not risk and change the color of his clothes,
who does not speak and does not experience, dies slowly.

He or she who shuns passion,
who prefers black on white,
dotting ones “is” rather than a bundle of emotions,
the kind that make your eyes glimmer,
that turn a yawn into a smile,
that make the heart pound in the face of mistakes and feelings, dies slowly.

He or she who does not turn things topsy-turvy,
who is unhappy at work,
who does not risk certainty for uncertainty,
to thus follow a dream,
those who do not forego sound advice at least once in their lives, die slowly.

He who does not travel,
who does not read,
who does not listen to music,
who does not find grace in himself, dies slowly.

He who slowly destroys his own self-esteem,
who does not allow himself to be helped,
who spends days on end complaining about his own bad luck,
about the rain that never stops, dies slowly.

He or she who abandon a project before starting it,
who fail to ask questions on subjects he doesn’t know,
he or she who don’t reply when they are asked something they do know, die slowly.

Let’s try and avoid death in small doses,
always reminding oneself that being alive requires an effort by far
greater than the simple fact of breathing.
Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness.

Die Slowly
by Pablo Neruda

Fade into you

The late arrival of dreams

Photo taken by Dita Kubin

Yulong River

Untitled

Soft light

Vulnerability

Painted memories of a summer love

Dusk glow

"Chichicastenango on market day" in JPG

My photo "Chichicastenango on market day" has been published in JPG Magazine. Check it out! It's on page 39 and was taken with the crappy camera on page 8.

JPG Magazine (Issue 13)

To build a home

Cinematic Orchestra with Patrick Watson. Truly beautiful!

There is a rainbow behind every dark cloud

Untitled

Photo taken by Dita Kubin

Cakedoll

Photo taken by Dita Kubin

Looking within

Photo taken by photographer Dita Kubin

Catch me a dream

Photos taken by photographer Dita Kubin

He can also eat mine

Photo taken by photographer Christina Mcneill

Missing you

Solitude

Countryside fashion

The dancers

Be quiet, and enjoy the power of silence

What a cutie!!!

Montreal's freaks

Le Plateau Mont-Royal reflected

Red garden

Now the days grow cold

Warm feelings on an ethereal summer evening

The beautiful colors of Guatemala