Flipping through the various news stations, I came upon MetroTV – an Indonesian station. There is none of the edited footage being looped on BBC or CNN – they’re showing rooms full of children who’ve drowned, stacks of bodies being taken away in ambulances, mothers finding their infants dead. The hardest part is seeing the children – they are showing a dozen children lying in a row, all dead. I’m truly sorry if this image offends you, however, I doRead more
Posts tagged: #Photography
Bleeding the Ozone
As the evening set in, the colors of my bedroom took on a doomsday glow. I stepped out onto the balcony, sucked in a breath of the balmy, acidic stuff they call air, and glanced westward. The sky was in pain. It was as if hell had punctured the earth right here in Jakarta. In all my life, I’ve never seen a sky as burning red and intensely saturated. Pollution breeds art.Read more
Lead Me Upstairs
Another awesome 3 day weekend getaway to the south coast. I took many photos, soon to be displayed – so if my “theme” tends to be leaning towards beach life for a little while, bear with me. I have such a strong attraction to the ocean that I can’t help but take too many shots. The weekend took a sharp downturn for the worst last night on the drive home as we encountered 6 hours of stop and go traffic.Read more
The Beginning of an Obsession
That’s right… I’m absolutely thrilled with my new camera – a Canon Digital Rebel. Well I’m pretty pumped at any rate. Here’s a quick example of my very first picture from the new toy… not great, but hey, it was my first pic! Many more to come!Read more
Strength and Beauty
Ok, ok, lemme clear this up. This picture is from Africa – not Java. Sorry about the misunderstanding. I saw this woman walking alongside a mountain road, and just couldn’t resist capturing the strength and beauty of the scene.Read more