Ideas and how my images tend to evolve...

As I advance in years my photographic images are tending toward complexity. I used to feel that zen-like images of simplicity and austerity were a style I could explore for a very long time. Alas, after many trips to south India, I find that I love color, texture, line as well as detail. While not the only source of change, India has had a huge influence on me.



After reading a rather fun series of books about alternative histories, I thought it might be worth a photographic exploration of the topic. I started with Tribalism as expressed by bellydancers. Then I tried my hand at Steampunk. This video is of an image created out of one such photo-session.

The model is NagaSita. She is a local dancer and theatrical arts talent. The processing was performed in the PhotoShop Open Source equivalent called the Gimp. The evolution of the image clearly expresses the changes in how I felt as I worked the image to completion.

Paris, France

Galerie Esther

Paris, France

A nice list of places

Paris, France

To dream... to wish... to desire... to wonder... could it be?... might it be?...

Galerie Baudoin

Galerie 1900-2000

Galerie Agathe Gaillard

Galerie Camera Obscura

Galerie Esther Woerdehoff

Galerie Francoise Paviot

Maison Europeenne de la photographie

A more complete list of international galleries...

Canon

A most remarkable firmware update for the 5D MkII

India

Such inspiration - if ever there was a body of work that I wanted to create, it would look like this

India

Stunning use of a Canon 5D MkII and 1080p digital cinema

Wasteland from Bombay Flying Club on Vimeo.