Showing posts with label fotography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fotography. Show all posts

April 23, 2012

me, myself, and Irene

brooklyn, new york

most everyone was in a frenzy last year when Hurricane Irene was supposedly going to hit nyc. i wasn't. i was just glad my roommate was leaving town for a while and that i'd have the whole apartment to myself.
though some sections of the outer boroughs were evacuated, and there was some damage in the end, i took it as yet another instance of media hype and fear-mongering. what i did do was take the precipitous climb up to my roof as the storm was passing.

the clouds rushed by, thickly clumped together. a strong wind blew them to the southwest. i was freezing in my t-shirt after a few minutes, but i stayed to watch the sun set. i guess while everyone else was panicking i took it as a moment to appreciate the beauty of what was happening. here's a little of what i saw. (click to enlarge)

 



March 18, 2010

re kindle

san francisco, california

as i’ve become more intimate with what it means to be an independent artist, i’ve come to appreciate more and more those moments of energetic salvation where the resources of time, energy, and in particular, inspiration, come flooding back. one of the most significant occasions of this rekindling came when i was last in new york city, collaborating with singer, Jasper James, and Ken Still, director of the 2009 OUTMusic Awards (one of Michael Jackson’s principal dancers) on a performance for the ceremony. the fire returned not in a moment with either one of my collaborators, but at a dinner with a new friend at the 24-hour Cafeteria in chelsea, it’s heat so purifying and healing because i hadn’t realized how burnt out i’d become, which is, of course, the greatest danger of all.

my thanks to L for the 100% honest conversation.
my thanks to the zeitgeist movement for offering the topics that are of the utmost importance in this day and age, and which haunt me constantly.

this is a foto exhibition of that fire i feel inside. thanks to Rami Hyun for the incredible images.

from the choreography, "millionaire galang," which is dedicated to Changó, the Yoruba deity of fire, thunder, lightning, and masculine power. 9/16/09 fotos: Rami Hyun



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