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Mamiya RZ67 - 110mm Sekor Z
Ilford Delta 100
Epson V600 Scan
Contrast and brightness corrected in post
Moscow, Russia.
The population of the world reached one billion for the first time in 1804, two billion in 1927, three billion in 1960. We were four billion in 1974, five billion in 1987 and six billion in 1999.
By October the 31st 2011, we reached seven billion.
"So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."
The second photo in my The Perks of Being a Wallflower series.
Sorry this isn't the greatest, I've been super stressed about my AP work. I still have to read 3 books and do essays and logs for them by the time I go back to school. Which is Wednesday. Now would be a good time for my super powers to kick in... :\
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So, I was tagged by anderson and totally forgot about it until now lol.
Ten things about me...
1. I'm a vegetarian.
2. I'm in love.
3. I want to become an underwater photographer.
4. I care about animals more than I do most humans.
5. I live on a lake, and like to wakeboard.
6. I will be a senior this year, it kind of scares me, but I want out of this town.
7. My garage is twice as big as my house.
8. I want to travel to as many places as I can before I die.
9. I hate it when people make things big deals that really aren't.
10. I love owls.
I tag:
ashley_72492
KatieOak
miles . edwin
Brittany Lang
Rachel Sketchley
frenchie-jane
natalie kucken
sincerely sarah.
Laurennicole81
Liz. [college calls]
(sorry if i don't know some of you, i just needed ten people lol)
Up from Singapore, she'd come with her entourage for some fun in the sun and a wedding celebration. It was her naturally tanned skin, tanned over and over again by being in the sun and the bleached tuft of hair that caught my eye. It was at a late breakfast I asked for some of her time and this portrait.
My project of public portraits. I've given myself a project of photographing different people from all walks of life. The project requires me to get a little information about what they do or why they were there. Its a little inquisition to the people I share my environment with. The numeral preceding the title indicates the photograph number in the sequence.
This photograph was featured on Spotlight Seven
©2008 Vignes Balasingam
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The 7 train is my local subway. It goes from Main Street in Flushing, Queens to Times Square in Manhattan. It's kind of rare to see the subway cars so empty like this!
This is a 3 shot HDR image, done with Photomatix and then run through Photoshop.
7-Eleven #19634 (2,510 square feet)
8343 George Washington Memorial Highway, Gloucester, VA
This location was built and opened in 1980.
This photo (stolen from the Gloucester Property Records page) shows the location in 2001. The cupola atop the building was removed a few years later and in 2007 7-Eleven branded gas replaced Citgo. Here's the store in 2008.
Three days ago my Stranger Qiuchun (#446) and her friends encouraged me to see the Ontario College of Art and Design University Graduate Exhibition, an annual show which was on this weekend. Qiuchun is a student at the university (www.ocadu.ca) and thought I would enjoy the show.
Today was a beautiful warm, sunny day to break the string of cold, wet weather we have had in Toronto and which has delayed spring my several weeks. It seemed to perfect Sunday for an outing so my wife and I hopped the subway and went down to Chinatown to the university which had its doors open to welcome the community to the event which showcased the work of the graduating class, covering many disciplines including painting and drawing, photography, material arts, industrial design, sculpture and many other programs.
I remember how surprised I was the first time I explored the modernistic building behind the Art Gallery of Ontario. Despite its unique modern architecture, the interior seemed a mad clutter on every floor with murals on the walls of the staircases. Once I remembered that creating is a messy business it didn’t seem so odd. Today was no different. Classrooms and studios on six or more floors had been converted to galleries for the occasion and the public was free to wander from room to room and floor to floor with student volunteers and artists placed in the halls to provide direction and in the galleries to explain their work. The variety was quite remarkable and it was fun getting a glimpse into the work of the new generation’s creative thinking and output.
In one studio with skylights on an upper floor I saw this young woman sitting on a chair, surrounded by her art, with a most peculiar-looking person on a chair next to her. Wearing a bizarre red mask which had a head mounted on each side, the appearance was of someone with three heads. There was a laptop on this person’s lap with hands (complete with red fingernail polish) posed on the keys. It was difficult to assess if it was a man or woman and at first the fingernail polish threw me off. It was, however, a man.
I didn’t want to “commandeer” this social outing into a Stranger-seeking event, but couldn’t resist the temptation and asked my wife if she would mind my absence for a few minutes and she said she would continue viewing the exhibit and I could join her.
I began by asking the man if I could photograph him for my project but he was unresponsive and I couldn’t establish much eye contact through the peculiar mask, I turned to this woman who turned out to be the artist who had created the mask along with many other works of art in the room. Meet Katlyn. It was then that I realized she would be the subject for my project because she was the artist and the model was more or less a nonverbal prop for the mask.
Katlyn was very friendly and responsive and asked the fellow with the mask if a photo was ok and he somehow conveyed to her that it was. A bit rattled by this point but decided to follow through photographing “mask man” since he was my original request, figuring I would then proceed with Katlyn. I had to ask him to get up and take a few steps to get away from a shaft of powerful sunlight coming down through the studio skylight. He complied quite slowly and I made my photo. Next was Katlyn and I was conflicted by wanting a closeup that would show her beautiful eyes and a photo a bit further back to show her impressive tattoo collection. I wound up photographing two versions.
Katlyn, who is 24 and will graduate this year, is originally from Grand Bend Ontario on the eastern shore of Lake Huron. She explained that her model is Luke who turned out to be her boyfriend. Luke is from London England and is a PhD student in Philosophy at the nearby University of Toronto. Katlyn explained her artwork as expressing competing, conflicting emotions and it has evolved this year into an exploration of the “creepy.” She said the concept of the mask was to show three emotions on one person and she said it was inspired by the mythical creature Cereburs, a dog with three heads that guarded the gates to the underworld (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus). You can visit Katlyn’s website www.katlynnemo.com ) to find out more about her and her creative work. I decided to finish up with a dual portrait showing both Katlyn and Luke which I’ve included as a comment photo. The circular artwork in the background of the comment photos is that of a fellow student.
Katlyn was very outgoing and friendly and as we shook hands and I thanked her and Luke for helping me with my photo project, she explained Luke’s hesitant and silent handshake by telling me “Please understand, he is remaining ‘in character’ all day today.” I understand.
When I asked Katlyn if she had any "words of wisdom" to share with the viewers, she referred to rules to live by written by Sister Corita Kent. The one which resonated with Katlyn was #7: "The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things." Katlyn pointed out that for a working artist, it is essential to remain active and productive.
It was great meeting both of you, Katlyn and Luke. Thanks for participating in 100 Strangers. Katlyn, you are Stranger #449 in Round 5 of my project.
Additional note: I received a very nice email from Katlyn saying how much she enjoyed meeting me and telling me she was enjoying the 100 Strangers project. She wished me success with my next round of the project. Katlyn helped me with my project and I got her thanks. How excellent is that?
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
To browse Round 1 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157633145986224/
To browse Round 2 of my 100 Strangers project click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157634422850489/
To browse Round 3 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157635541434065/
To browse Round 4 of my 100 Strangers project click here:
Name : Liu Xuemei
Hair color : black
Hair length : 2.14 m
Height : 1.76 m
measure time: 2007.4
Age : born in Jan.,1983
Hometown : Shandong,China
Attended 2006',2007' China(JuanCheng) international human hair lifestyle festival match.
If you are interested in her more photos,videos, or even personal information, welcome to contact the Web master of "www.longhairart.com". The e-mail address is: longhairart@gmail.com TKS!
[July 28th, 2012]
I really don't like this day's (or yesterdays) 365 but I was so busy yesterday that I didn't have time for a concept or well thought out photo, so I'm sorry that it's not great.
I'm going to dedicate a photo to the surprise party I hosted for my best friend after this one and make it my 365 for today I think, today is a chill out day after the madness and I don't think I'd have time for photos yet hehe!
44 The surprise party went so well, I'm so happy how it went but also so glad it's done!
T3-7 bogie BREL (York) Class 321/4 Standard Mark III 25k v ac overhead outer-suburban 4-car emu No.321 405 of First Capital Connect at Potter's Bar, 16/04/14.
These days I'm surrounded by diapers, craft supplies, dirty dishes and laundry. Sometimes I want to turn my focus to more luxurious things, but it's hard to tear it away from these two girls. I'm focused on what's important xo
7-Eleven #11089 (2,490 square feet)
5114 Williamsburg Road, Sandston, VA
This location was built and opened in 1980 and re-located to a newly-built store on the lot next door in late 2014, vacating this space.