Despatch exhibition brings together sixty two Work Show Grow artists sending important information around the world. Twenty one artists created work during an artist residency in the New Forest, UK. The works were then despatched to forty two collaborating artists inviting them to respond to what they found within an A5 envelope. The work was posted onto a third artist to continue reinterpreting and reimagining the original piece. These works were then sent back to the New Forest as a final destination.
Thank You Humble Arts Foundation!
Being a self taught photographer I am ever so thankful for every support I receive that helps me expand and show my work. Thank you to Humble Arts Foundation for including photos from my project 'I Do, Still' on their latest group Show: Photo For Non-Majors. I am one of many others in the show- wonderful work. Please check it out.
Thank you to Jon Feinstein & Roula Seikaly for the curation of the show.
I am grateful for Marcy & Scottie who open the doors to their relationship to me and my lens. Love is Love.
Thank you CCI Arts!
I just received the news that I’ve been the recipient of CCI Arts Quick Grants. Every little bit helps, especially during this time when everything is changing.
WSG Publication has arrived!
WorkShowGrow’s first publication is here! Lots of artists, one printed newspaper with inspirational words and images. I joined WorKShowGrow just as I was leaving London in the summer of 2020 - We are a community of artists, photographers from all over the world. Natasha Cuarana, an artist from UK started this venture during lockdown and it’s been the best. Learning and growing with other peers, safe space, loads of interesting opportunities and shared knowledge. this is our first publication.
Judy Hillman - Our Neighbour
While I was working on the Neighbourhood Tales project - I visited Judy, a neighbour had met her on the Park and had asked her to participate - she invited me up to her flat and we had the most interesting chat about her life. She was a journalist for many years and in her later days she begun doing art in the local council house - She seemed happy and content with her life. A few weeks later, I found out she had suddenly passed away. I was able to track her family down and share with them the interview and photos of her. Even though we shared only a few hours, somehow her suden death touched me so deeply. I revisited my afternoon with her in search of any signs that I could have missed about someone nearing the end of her life. But I couldn’t think of it that way. I was touched with the way she seemed to have lived her life doing what she loved. She said, she didn’t have children because the world was her family and children. I loved that.
We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.
_Alfred Eisenstaedt
Neighbourhood Tales - Stories of our community in Lockdown & a Concert!
This Project filled my heart like any other. The sense of community, connection and collaboration I experienced was truly a gift - And the talent of the village!! Please click the button below to listen to the concert.
I was living in London when COVID came into our lives. I began to take my daily walks with camera-in-hand. While respecting social distance, I talked and interviewed my neighbours to hear their stories and help create community.
Soon I noticed music was pouring out from the various flats, I could hear violins, piano and some singing - the idea of a concert in lockdown started to form. Filming people from the street, the same way I photographed them, while they would perform from their window or door step. In some cases, we provided the camera/sound equipment for them to bring inside their flats while we remotely operated the camera - All the performances were edited into a one hour film, which then we streamed live and use it to collect funds for local charities. It was the best experience of my life!!
'I Do, Still' is being exhibited at Los Angeles Center for Photography
Great news!! my project: ‘I Do Still’ will be part of the first Project exhibition at LACP
Getting my prints ready while I’m in LA! very exciting
LensCulture - Visual Storytelling in Amsterdam
For six months I joined a group of other 11 photographers from various part of the world to share our work, learn and be inspired. Thanks to Jim Casper, Lars Boering and Marc Prüst for making it all happen.
One of my photos selected by the curators at the YourDailyPhotograph.com →
Happy to have received this email today:
'Congratulations. We are pleased to announce our curators have chosen your image for inclusion into YourDailyPhotograph.com. We select a very small percentage of photographs submitted.'
Travesías 2018 en Chile
I had the pleasure of sharing my work in my home country among other filmmakers. It was the first of four evenings of shorts, documentaries and feature films showing during the month of April. A great evening. Thank you to all those who came to support and that attended the event!
Photos of Cuba are ready!
Our 'Cuba in Transition' Kickstarter supporters are about to receive their photo awards.
Our lovely host in Havana.
Beautiful soccer player champions!
Our team in Santiago de Cuba.
Inspired by a photograph shot by John Rawlings in 1953
We fell in love with this photo published in Vogue in 1953 (photographed by John Rawlings) of a model that looks like Grace Kelly wearing a Claire McCardell one piece bathing suit. It represents a classic elegance that marries perfectly with the concept we were developing for the next COMPAS ad.
Check out our final photo under Teasheets
A self reflection in the model's earring.
Shooting ice for COMPAS
Sometimes you got to fail before you succeed! I have to say, I really liked this picture of the broken ice ...but it didn't make the cut! Check the real one on my website for the final picture under Tearsheets.
One of my portraits is exhibiting in Los Angeles
A fun evening discovering other artists and enjoying seeing my photo up on the wall.
Ernie as Jimi Hendrix
We set out to capture Ernie playing Jimi. Fun!
Pretty close!
Check out the final shots on website, under 'Projects'.
'Cuba in Transition'
HAVANA, CUBA 2015
I traveled to Cuba this past summer to work on a documentary that has been in the making for over 15 years. This was my first time visiting the island, and I was, as so many other people, mesmerized by its beauty, by it's people, by it's colors. The phrase I keep using to describe my experience is 'a world of intense contrasts' - Walking on the streets of Santiago the Cuba or Habana, is like being shocked in every dimension: visually, emotionally, culturally, and intellectually. Visually, the buildings architecture is astonishing, giving you a hint of a glorious past, yet they are decaying, and that in contrast with the vivid colors of the cars passing by and the people and their clothes and then topping it off with the beautiful, joyful kids running around is a visual paradise. Yet, I see the poverty, the scarcity, the decaying, yet, I only encounter happy people, who went out of their way to help me make a phone call when I didn't have the right amount of change to use a public phone. Or when I asked if I could photograph their kids, or when we asked for toilet paper while in a public building (toilet paper was not available and those who had some kept it in their purse). Interesting, well versed conversations, with the taxi driver, with the airport attendant and friends we made throughout the days. People are well informed. People were very well educated and savvy. And the coffee! mmmmm. Best coffee I've ever had. Happy people, did I mentioned that? Proud yet humble people. Cuba, I will go back.
FALLING - a short film about the use of Crystal Meth
Following our collaboration in STATUS, we got together with Impulse Group and Advisorie Group to shoot a new short film: Falling.
It was a 2 day venture, with a great team and I got my hands on a RED!
This film is thought provoking with a compelling, tender and multifaceted story line that demonstrates the importance of community and the choices we make.
Impulse Group’s Michael Eisman once again teamed up with John Saint-Denis, writerIan Klein, producers Chris Rallo & S.A. Bachman, and cinematographer Mimi Fuenzalida, each known for using artful short films to bring stories to life.
Photo shoot with an all chilean crew/cast!
We teamed up with the talented Constanza Palavecino, make-up & Hair artist Nelson Tangol & assisting was Hanna. Photo shoot was an all chilean team and we had a blast!
Street Poets in action
I had such a great time and I was so moved to hear the stories of the Street Poets. Street Poets Inc is doing such deep work in the community helping kids and youth to get out of the streets and heal themselves through the written word.
Global Cinematography Institute
I had the great opportunity to join GCI for some really interesting courses, taught by so many masters in the field of cinematography. Great place to learn the most fundamental and important elements of cinematography. Here with the great Vilmos Szigmond, ASC learning some lighting tricks directly from the master.