Halloween Fun

My boyfriend and I dressed up this Halloween as the horse and the rooster. This was true to second identity.  Photo by photo party shoot Halloween.

Photography

I was thinking when I was standing in Elliott Erwitt's kitchen and looking at the most amazing photograph, that there was a reason I was here on this path. Maybe, I should stop doubting it and just go forward, believing that photography is what I want to do. I could stand here and look at the every job and think of the negatives of it all, but in truth, I just have to believe and do it. I love the photographic image and have always been fascinated by it.

I believe that humans are just souls and spirit. They hang onto the image, convincing themselves of their convictions, their beliefs.  This is why the "American" culture is so hooked on the drug of the image. This is why photography is so unbelievable, it stops time, makes us feel immortal, for a second in time, our reflection, our image, and our belief of our underlying knowledge that we are only here for a second in time, living a tiny mortal existence, our soul and spirit grazing the earth for a second, before becoming part of the wind.

Photography will never die because it is what we remember, are remembered for. Film only remakes the past, poorly at times, great at others. It is the ancient way of story telling re-maid. Photography puts the truth in our face, even if it is flawed or changed. It makes us feel safe or shows us our deepest fears. Every photograph stops time and records what our mortal brain forgets, which often changes our memories to our own liking. This is why film has made us comatose, because it plays up to this fantasy of who we think we are, losing it in the story line, rather than simply showing us a photograph.

-Alex Gabrielle, July 2010

September 11th Remembering Those Who Suffered

This was my first September, 11th in New York City and I found myself feeling the event that has so shaped the last ten years of our countries history closer to heart than ever before.  My condolences go out to those families who lost love ones on 9/11, but also to those lost and killed in the pointless wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan that have followed.  I love my country, my home, and most of all New York City. I hope to do my part to help move the world towards a more sustainable and healthy future. Peace on earth and goodwill to men. 

Ruth Flowers - Grandma DJ Rocks Europe

Known as Mamy Rock out on the dance floor, Ruth Flower's is the only 69 year old DJ rocking the floors of Europe with her beat.  While attending a birthday party for her grandson at a nightclub in London, she fell in love with the energy of the dance floor. "It was so different from the parties I used too go when I was young" (Ruth Flowers, http://www.mamyrock.com/home.htm).

Her amazing story from grandma to hit DJ is an inspiration to anyone who thinks that old age can stop you from achieving your wildest dreams.  With her hip style and smile, I couldn't stop smiling at her story. Rock it Mamy Rock!!!!

She even has an album out called Still Rocking, which is for sale on iTunes.  

Check out her website, http://www.mamyrock.com/home.htm, or watch the clip from the BBC on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEZ24pLIIyk.