L.A. Noir

Looking for new people to shoot with. I work at the fashion institute of design and merchandising in downtown l.a. Hope to be working with many of you soon! More of my work at the jump above (an actual website now!)

I work in either analog or digital; color or black & white.

I won't stop shooting 'til you're satisfied.


"anywhere i lay my head"


i can draw
i can paint
i see my life in moments
drawing or painting
it happens over time
a series of moments
so when i look at a painting
of mine
i can't see the whole piece
i see instances of it
moments
certain parts of the painting
curves
splotches
cigarette ash
now when i see other peoples paintings
i can see the whole
i'm taking it in all at once
not in parts like they did
when they were creating it

now

when i photograph something
anyone who sees what I shot
sees it the exact same way as i did
the first time
when i look through the viewfinder
i see everything in unison
working together
a still of my life
the way i see the world
shown to the world

but

these images
they are not mine
even though i'm taking the shots
i don't feel they are my own
i don't possess these moments
you do
the viewer
winding through
the staircases
kissing the mountains
and leaves born of fire
sitting back and letting her do all the work
i know its all in the detail and
skill
all of which can be taught and learned
and passion is what drives me

or

i'm really just like a funhouse mirror
showing you the same, everyday
object or person
but from a different point of view
that you have never seen
or will ever see
the same way
again






-Leo

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