The Urban Nomad

Hasselblad fun with Morgan

     My friend Morgan and I went down to this dock on a for sale piece of property to play around with my Hasselblad Camera the other day. Nothing special, but here are the digital photos from that excursion.

Featured Artist: Samantha Zaza

 

    Miss Samantha Zaza is one of my favorite artists. She is as talented as she is beautiful. She got her education at the Rhode Island School of Design, and currently lives in Istanbul Turkey. It has always been a dream of mine to be able to capture life with a pen and pad as she does. Her sketches of every day life recorded in her Moleskine Journals are fantastic. Samantha Zaza has been featured in galleries & Moleskine Exchanges. Check out her sites, and support her artwork. 

Here are Samantha's Links:

Flickr

Website

Blog

Here's a snapshot of Harika.

 

 She also runs a great blog called Harika. Bellow is one of my favorite posts from her blog, accompanied by the drawing it pertains to.

 

There's nothing like a little tear gas with your pad-thai. I had just arrived in Cihangir with some friends after a massive riot roared through the streets of Taksim. ATMs were smashed, bank windows shot up and shattered, Molotov cocktails hurled— all in protest of the meeting between the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in our fair city.

Glass crunched under our feet as we made our way to the restaurant we planned to have dinner at, and we soon joined our fellow pedestrians in blinking, sneezing and coughing. I've never had the pleasure of being teargassed or of being in the presence of tear gas— it's awful stuff. It seems to linger in the air for quite a long time; we hadn't witnessed any of the gassing or violence, but our throats still burned.

Kahvedan is a delightful street-side restaurant with the best pad-thai I have found in Istanbul— so far. Everything tasted so fresh and peanuty, with heavenly notes of cilantro and a hell of a kick of chili. The next time I go, I'll take some pictures to accompany a sketch or two. The guy drawn above was such an interesting character, I whipped out my pen and sketchbook immediately upon seeing him— he was also enjoying some of the pad-thai.

 

 

 

 

 

  

Nomadic Wandering: Chinatown Orlando

     Alright so we don't exactly have what one would call a "Chinatown" here in Orlando because all the restaurants and people who work there are Vietnamese. There is on place in particular that I really love. It's called "Tasty Wok". I know it sounds like your typical oriental restaurant but its fantastic. I'm in love with roasted, sliced pork. More to come. (Oh how I miss the Malaysian restaurants in Philly)

Mamiya C330 Roll #2

    This is the second Roll off my new Mamiya C330. 

Funny double exposure.

 

From Texas Part X.

Early morning photo trips always seem like a better idea the night before. Woke up at 7am, drove to Stanton with George. Took a few shots, and explored the small town.

These turbines are found all over West Texas. They can be up to 130ft high, and the tips of these turbines can reach up to 200 MPH. They cost around 2.6 million a piece to build and install.

In short, they are insane. 

 
 

 

 (Macro image of the oil on the pump jack.)

Welcome to the family Canon AE-1

     Today my grandfather gave me a wonderful gift. A Canon AE-1 and many many accessories for it. What A Gift. I will use It to its full value. 

From Texas Part IV.

     Located near the Beal Complex on the edge of town you can find a Pagoda dedicated to Midland's sister city, Dongying, China. I suppose they are sister cities because of shared dependence on oil production. 

Anyway, this isn't all that important. Here are the pictures. 

  

Hope you enjoy the pictures. 

There are many more to come!

Welcome Kalie Garrett

 
 

Hello, my name is Kalie Garrett and I have also been invited to join this beautiful blog by the great Kenneth Edwards. 

A little about myself? I am originally from Atlanta, GA but as soon as I graduated highschool, I left the city and moved to Carlisle, PA to begin my college career at Dickinson. I plan on majoring in Studio Art and minoring in creative writing. 
I am one of nine children, am passionately in love with photography, and I really have no idea where I'm headed in life. On the side, I enjoy iced coffee, boys with glasses, and black Micron pens.
Please enjoy.

Welcome to the Family: Mamiya C330

     My amazingly talented and beautiful friend Julia gave me a Mamiya C330 TLR Camera!!! There is no lens for it just yet but I'm going to pick one up tomorrow morning! Here are some teaser photos.

Residue of Romance.

Passing through Penns Landing, I noticed this one particular spot with what I'll refer to as Romantic Graffiti. 

Enjoy the shots.