Words

A little ditty I wrote while in Indonesia. It sort of sums up my adventure through southeast Asia:

flying fish, palm trees, rocks, sand, sun, chickens, acne, dirty water, coral, meat markets, birds, language, motorcycles, families, dirt, soap, mosques, chanting, shouting, "hey mister who are you?", monkeys, curry, noodles, sandals, water, sweat, Purell, maaf, tsunami, mosquito repellent, flies, goats, boats, butterflies, rain, camera, hands, faces, wiping my ass with my hand, islam, feet, the most interesting odors, burnt skin, calluses, eating with my hands, planes, babies, banana pancakes, diga boys, fishermen, laughing at Eddie and Linda, Eda, Eka, Zul, Pa Kong, Salim, Upit, Cathal, Bhenazir Bhutto is dead, 3 year anniversary, diarrhea, bootleg DVDs, Shangri-la, bottoms of your feet, left-handed handshake, cats, traffic, soccer, buleh buleh, bungalows, hammocks, bed bugs, antibiotics, e-mail mom, christmas, cloves, whiskey, islands, fireworks, earthquake, fried rice, snorkeling, no pork, chumi chumi, whatchu know about that?, mosquito nets, sunrise, Ebo, sarongs, coke bottle bong, out door shower, Bintang, nasi gorang, bombay palace, taxis, air asia, locals, hotel china town, shredding, poolside, Petronas towers, Extra Joss!, Pocari Sweat, duty-free, humidity, Tokyo, trains, Shibuya, fancy meager portions, the most expensive cab ride ever, lights.

Digital and Indonesia

I believe I truly committed to being an artist on the most inspiring trip of my life when I traveled with two friends to Banda Aceh, Indonesia in the winter of 2007. Coincidentally this was my first real experience with a digital SLR camera. I enjoy black and white darkroom photography more than anything but when traveling swiftly in dirty and humid countries the advantages of digital are obvious due to the amount of spontaneity they allow. At this time I am detached from all of my negatives and prints but I will be reunited with them soon. The beginning installments of photos on this site will all be digital. I find this hard to believe considering my past disdain for the digital image. But it is fitting. In a way some of this work marks the end of the beginning for me as an artist. It seems only fair that I start from here.