Sunday, April 25, 2010

Christmas, or something like it


Textures (...and shades of blue)




There's real poetry in the contrast of the faded blue paint and the rust of this sign.  The vibrant blue Texas sky completes the rhyme...

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Mortality




Never am I so aware of my mortality than when I'm reminded that I'm little more than a collection of spare parts...

Friday, April 2, 2010

No direction home



I've seen the homeless from an early age.  I've always felt concern and care for them, the very young, the elderly, the mentally ill, the physically-challenged.  I've always been careful to treat them with the respect they deserve as human beings.  And I've observed that thankfully, most do...
Over the past few years I've developed a desire to do more, to help others, to give back, whatever one wants to call it...
Of all the issues I thought of tackling,  I always found myself thinking back to the homeless. Then I realized that maybe, I could help using the tools I was given.  
If only my images could awaken something, evoke compassion or empathy...
This shot was taken on the streets of Hong Kong in November 2009.