http://hshahani.com/blog a blog my commercial and fine art photographer, Hamesh Shahani. Sun, 10 May 2009 20:03:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=444 http://www.popafricana.com/ http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=442 Hello World, I drove up to Pismo Beach and spent the weekend with my mum... just relaxing. hung out with a few friends, played some pool and found a wonderful bar to find a fight! I was ordering a couple drinks, and noticed the young lady sitting next to her man ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=403 Hello World. sorry for the lack of postings... this whole economy situation has got me in a crunch. have not worked since Jan 26th... it's really tough out there, but we'll ride it out I'm sure. good news is that the family is healthy, I'm good and my pool playing has ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=397 SCINTILLATION from Xavier Chassaing on Vimeo. http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=390 Hello world, wanted to share some thoughts/images from one of my favorite photographers: Thierry Le Goues. I particularly love the work he shot for the French clothing company: Antik Batik. From this work I can guess several things about Thierry... first, he must have a very beautiful energy and probably ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=363 Interested in a high resolution image of our 44th president? The official portrait of Barack Obama, download here Makes a great 8x10 print for personal usage. This is the first official presidential portrait to be shot with a digital camera, just a tidbit for convo. enjoy. http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=355 Dear World, hope all is well. I am now represented by Josette Lata. Josette's agency is young yet her roster is incredibly sophisticated. I'm really impressed with her roster. I've also started to twitter... you can subscribe to my feed by visiting: http://twitter.com/hameshshahani I was inspired to try Twitter after readying my buddies Sasha ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=347 Check out "The Selby," a website by photographer Todd Selby. I adore this site... On the site, Todd documents the homes and spaces of creatives (artists, editors, writers...etc.), he shoots traditional portraits of his subjects as well as portraits of them through their possessions. He has a free, loose, low ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=332 Untitled Thank you to Erik Wåhlström for original posting. If you have seen not Erik's work, I highly recommend it, its bold, simple and like all things I like... deceptively simple. http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=324 you better believe lunch was hot today! but it was cold and I needed to stay warm. Hanging out in Camden Town with Abra, Xuan and Holly. Did a bit of shopping and checked out some very stylish beauties. enjoy: [GALLERY=16] http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=214 While most of my peers had House of Cards on top of their In Rainbows list.... Reckoner was mine. Most excellent animation. http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=180 Her profile cut through the smokey darkness and magnetized my glare. My moment came... I introduced myself, her name was Myrcinni. Her eyes solid beads of tigereye, her nose elegantly Greek. Her tits beautiful and small. Her hair trimmed in the front and arousingly crazy everywhere else. She drank black ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=144 Britton and I wanted to go to Turkey for the day but there was a boat strike and B is going back to California tomorrow so instead we decided to shoot in the sea for fun. [GALLERY=12] http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=153 We took a road trip to Eressou birth place of Sappho and now days, its a lesbian retreat. We met Bandit and Sarai at a party where they were performing. We got to spend some quality time with them. Visit their MySpace page and check out their tunes: http://www.myspace.com/nopcmusic and their ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=205 Chris and I spent the day with Osman Mohammed (in above picture), Abdula Joseph, Osman Ali Adam, Abdifatah Rashiid, Kamil Ahmed, Ali Hussen and Dayib Adulgadir. Refugees originally from Somalia. Their journey to Athens took 2 years; working and migrating through Yemen, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Turkey before seeking ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=126 We had just finished dinner with Lavina and her friends. Chris spotted a young man with punk style listening to an MP3 player. Asked him what he was listening to... and before I knew it they were listening to each other MP3"s (Chris had an ipod). The young man's name ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=158 Chris Jones just arrived in Athens... now with him and my sister (two of my favorite people) we're gonna get some work done... then off to Lesvos to install our show. http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=122 had to try a sheep's head Greek style. have to say, cool experience. meat in the cheek bone was the best... the eyes were tough to swallow. I could have chowed down more of the brains if I had a little salt and pepper. plus some pix from the meat market. [GALLERY=8] http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=112 Dirty. Loud. Awful street smells, riot police patrolling the night streets. Refugee problem out of control. Man snorts heroin in front of me. Couple sit embraced in catatonic state. This was Omonia Square. And on the walls between the Acropolis and this place of despair, street works stood stronger than ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=85 Arrived in Athens. Spent the day walking around, getting a feel for the city. Loving the heat compared to London. Here are a few images from the day... To see more, search keyword "Athens" in the photoblog [GALLERY=10] http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=135 Just spent a couple hours down Portobello Market with my sister. We decided to meet some charming well dressed Market shoppers. enjoy: [GALLERY=5] plus a few pix from the day (captured by Lavina) [GALLERY=11] http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=67 camouflaged and no where to hide but in your face. check out my boy Tiger's stripes.... enjoy: [GALLERY=4] http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=53 Shortly before wrapping up a session with Kenny G in Lake Las Vegas, Kenny told Chris and I a few good jokes.... we all had fun, enjoy: [GALLERY=14] http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=187 "today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. that we are all one conscious experiencing itself subjectively. there is no such thing as death. life is only a dream and we the imagination of ourselves." Bill Hicks (Dec 16, 1961 – ... http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=220 Chris and I spent the day at A Cut Above in downtown Vegas. its a family owned business. Here are a few images from the day: enjoy: [GALLERY=13] http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=141 I went up to Vancouver for the weekend to document a performance by one of my dearest friends and a tremendously powerful artist... Lida Abdul. I encourage you to check out her artist statement at www.lidaabdul.com Below are some of the images from her performance. enjoy: [GALLERY=19] http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=313 simple masterful arrangments http://hshahani.com/blog/?p=195