This week, I got to interview the incomparable Carmen Gonzalez, aka Soleá about her photography. With a vast portfolio, ranging from self-portraiture to scenery, she is a master at capturing complex emotions with her camera. Whether it’s surreal manipulations or straight forward portraits, her photographs are always beautiful and thought-provoking. It was a real treat to hear her speak about her prolific body of work. Read on…
Jacob’s Ladder (on top of being a biblical reference) is a real staircase in the park in my hometown. I composited the photo I took of the ladder and the clouds on vacation, with a photo of myself on my apartment building staircase in NY. Then just toyed with hue/sat, curves, filters afterwards. For extra drama, I added a spotlight to the right hand side of the clouds.
I was thrilled this week to get to interview one of my biggest inspirations on flickr, Chris Dessaigne, or as most of you flickrites might know him, Midnight-Digital. I stumbled across his work several weeks ago and became instantly engrossed in the dark and mysterious world of his photography. It was a real treat to exchange with him and to hear his insights on photography. Read on…
I used the top image as the main one, and added the arm from the second image to it, in order to better illustrate the line of the poem “the shadow of a kiss”. Because my feet and legs were so much closer to the camera, they appeared quite large in comparison to the rest of my body in the original. I reduced the size of them greatly for the final image. I also enlarged the bed and edited out the lamp and headboard by means of extensive cloning and painting.
Hopefully most of you already know the name. Even if you don’t recognize his name, chances are you’ve probably already heard his music/poetry from famous remakes such as Jeff Buckley’s Hallelujah and Judy Collins’ Suzanne. Well, as a Canadian, I feel it is in my national obligation to love him. He is the biggest inspiration for my writing and, in turn, my photography. If you have the time, I highly recommend visiting his website or picking up one of his books and reading his poetry.
Here is a direct link to some of his best writing.
