SUMMER PROJECT: STREET-LIFE SERIES VOL.3

With the air displaying little to no evidence of Summer's presence, I've declared it the proper time to do a little--Summer-cleaning, if you will. I am ushering out the products of the Summer, to create room for what the Autumn and Winter seasons have in-store. Here are some of the final captures from the summer. Wasn't sure whether I should classify it as "street-style" or "street-life", seeing as I distinguished the two at the start of this project. Evidently, I chose "street-life" 'cause I felt that title was more broad, giving the mixed nature of these photographs.

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SUMMER PROJECT: STREET-LIFE SERIES | VOL.2

The summer is coming to an end and I am thankful for the new extents my knowledge of photography has reached. I took it upon myself to capture interests that lies with street-life, street-style, as well as identities this summer, this Autumn, however, will be a slightly different story. Me being a child of spontaneity, the skeleton which I have constructed now for this Autumn's portfolio might change. I'll refrain from disclosing details until I'm certain. Or until I begin executing concepts. If you're new to this blog, further familiarize yourself with my summer project by clicking here and click here to see more.




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SUMMER PROJECT: IDENTITY SERIES x JOHNNY TSUNAMI

Shortly after publicizing my need for a muse or muses, Johnny Tsunami expressed his interest in modeling for me. We've talked about meeting up prior to this, so it was only right that make it happen now that he's finally in New York. If you pay close attention, there's usually no solid theme behind my shoots. I'm a fluid individual; I tend to go with the flow of things and let the photograph(s) tell its story. Though rain threatened to thwart my plans of photographing him yesterday, July 8th, we still made it happen and I'm beyond pleased with a majority of the shots. We were able to squeeze in two looks before the rain began pouring a lot harder. Honestly, I don't know why I'm even posting this right seeing as I have other photographs that I should be posting prior to this. Blame it on my immense amount of excitement!




A couple of more shots I intend to share with you lots on either my Flickr or my fan page.
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SUMMER PROJECT: IDENTITY SERIES x CYRUS

The first character to be captured by me this summer is this Haitian-Iranian fella by the name of Cyrus. I met him on the same night as Theo's show. He was part of the group of guys that asked to take pictures with my friend and I. I've been on the quest for a effortless-versatile-male-model for quite some time now, so when the opportunity presented itself, I took it.I delighted in the beauty of his rugged appeal and deemed it necessary to capture it. There are a couple more shoots line up in the future, but for now, I wanted to capture him in the most relaxed state I could possibly cook up.

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SUMMER PROJECT: STREET-STYLE SERIES x TOPSHOP

Last week, while out sailing the streets of downtown, I found shelter from the heat beneath the shade of a tree at the park on east 7th and Cooper street. I was reading the papers for the first time in what seems like much-too-long. I was reading up on Congressman Weiners' latest escapades. Anyways, I spotted the beautifully and playfully-dressed young women riding bicycles. Yo. My eyes lit up. First I took some photographs while maintaing my distance, then I approached 'em and asked to take some pictures.







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SUMMER PROJECT: STREET-LIFE SERIES

Like most people, your actions, interests, ideas and opinions are an externalization of your character. For me, as an artist, my art is a perfect representation of myself. I have attempted to employ organization to my art countless times, but have failed miserably. I will not say I am necessarily giving up, but I will say I have learned to find comfort and satisfaction with the way that I conduct my presentation of my work. I am chaotic, inconsistent, and savagely unorganized. I won't call it a problem. No, it's not at all a problem. Each time I cook up ideas for photo-series, I always break out of the structure; I hate structure. I have a free mind and I delight in expressing aspects of myself freely; my art shouldn't be exempted from that. This summer, I have decided to extend my photography more into the candid free nature of street-life photography. In case you are not aware, I go to school in North Carolina. I am constantly condemning the overall appeal of the area I stay at in NC simply for the fact its character does not appeal to me. Maybe it will, but I just won't surrender myself to being in its captivity. Now that I am back home in New York for the summer, the place where I feel possesses unspeakable amount of character. Along with a street-life series of photography, I will also dabble into conceptual and street-fashion. Perhaps, some fashion photography. It shouldn't prove difficult to find able and willing participants. Initially, I advertised the want of subjects/model on tumblr and facebook and surprisingly got some immediate feedback. However, the whole organization thing posed as an enormous bump on the road. I delight in spontaneity, like I previously mentioned, so I think I would rather take the route of asking acquaintances, associates and friends to be my subjects. Or simply approach random individuals on the skreet. Yeah, I said skreet. All in all, I hope to continue telling stories through my photographs. If you delight in my work, stay tuned.
Here are some photographs I've captured so far:





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