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LAT with file art

Hope this counts as another clip or two! I just came across my pictures for the Los Angeles Times Travel Blog. Ive rarely seen my work come up as file but it was just a cool reminder of how far photography can travel and how far i travel for photography:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2009/07/cubas-craigslist.html

Photo: Vendors sell spices, fruit, flowers and more every Sunday at the farmers market across the street from the Capitolio Nacional in Havana. Credit: Lianne Milton / For The Times

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http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/ticket-sales-open-fo-4584/

[Photo: Cubans and tourists flock to a market in Havana. Credit: Lianne Milton / For The Times]

my picture on a book cover

My friend, photographer Andrew Craft, forward a link to a newly release book which to my surprise is a photograph of me, taken by my friend Holly Wilmeth www.hollywilmeth.com We are just tickled to see it on a cover and look forward to reading this book!

street scene - calle dragones

surprise surprise!

I finally processed a roll i've had since last year! here are two pictures from a holga that made it through. dunno what happened to the rest but will take a look at the neg.

dancers

Trinidad

This picture was taken with my holga.

some old pictures from a holga

!the mojito revolution!

another one from the vault...
I just saw the annie leibowitz exhibit on sunday. the last day of the show. i regret not going sooner as it was just packed. it was not very enjoyable. the pushing, the crowds, people bumping into, walking in front of you, i t was the worst show i've ever been too.but it was the last day and i had to see it. i was surprised to see a couple of pictures in her proof section she shot in pinar del rio. the same stadium, the non-expressive baseball players. so here's my tribute to modern day baseball....

 

!the mojito revolution!

ahh food
i initially thought that the island would have amazing food. how wrong i was. so sad. after a week of eating peso pizza, ice cream 2x day and fried chicken, we finally decided to choose our next casa based on its food. we were dying to know what the cuisine was all about. one of the highlights of our adventure was when our casa momma in trinidad came out of the kitchen with a flan for dessert. not just any ole flan, it was FLAN. deliciousness. mouthwatering, i could eat the whole pie but i'm too full from the pork and congri, i thought i just about died. it was perfect. the perfect flan. the top just burnt enough with flavor, the carmely liquid on the plate, and the slight jiggle of the flan. now, you haven't had flan til you've eaten this one.


so our next night was another feast. we asked for fish, because after a week of fried chicken every night we were ready for something good and different. she brought out a red snapper. whole. i didn't think cubans can buy a whole big fish like this one, and i would of loved to know how and where they got it. but it was a feast with just the two of us so we asked the family to join us for dinner. ah i tell ya it was so worth it. after 2 days of shooting in scorching heat in pinar del rio, dripping soaked with sweat and then a 7 hr car ride to trinidad, yeah, we were stoked. like it was all worth the sweat heat and drive.

how beautful is that. holly and i tried to do a food story. i think next time we go, it will be more focused. because there is good food there, not in the expensive restaurants only, but in the homes. and not every house cooks well either. you have to find it, ask for it, search for it, and once you do, its just amazing.its well worth the hunt. it becomes discovery of what the island food is all about, given that every one lives off of ration cards. think about it. the same food for everybody everyday.

!the mojito revolution!

my journey with my buddy holly through this incredible country sparked a huge learning curve for me with my photography. landscapes, portraits, overcoming my own selfish insecurities. damn it. i am a good photographer...always learning, growing, trying new things, understandng my subject matter, etc. without it my photography would otherwise be dull, and well so would my life. as long as keep trying. here are two pictures: one of a tobacco drying house and the other, a portrait of a boy carrying a bird cage. i wonder how Holly shot the portrait. The residents of Trinidad love their little canary song birds. these little birds in wooden cages that hang from windows and doorways up high.