This is how I spent my weekends in the summer of 2012
Back in October 2011 I was in the New York Comic Con, camera in hand and taking some portraits of pretty awesome costumed people. It was during this event that I saw a very impressive GLaDOS costume created and worn by a young girl named Brittany.
It's been one year since I sold everything i had and ran from Puerto Rico to start a new life.
Like many life altering events, the seeds for change were being planted some time before. Trying to make a living as a photographer left me on the receiving end of daily bank calls and weight gain fueled by depression. Once the opportunity for change appeared, I jumped on it without any idea of what to expect. One week later I was in New york, getting ready to sleep in couches while I would settle in.
It starts like many ideas usually do; a spur of the moment, inspired by the motivation to create something that will be memorable long after its time has passed. The day was December 30, 2005 and we were celebrating Marién's move to New York. I met Marién earlier that year at a friend's gathering, a dancer and Yoga student; she was drawn to my passion in learning photography and was willing to pose patiently as I fumbled with my recently acquired camera learning how to pose people. Over the year we became very good friends and her eager smiles and positive attitude became a very welcome sight.
As of yesterday I was prepared for a very exciting day of laundry and editing, until the weather decided I should change plans.
This is officially the first Snow of the year, and my first time seeing a real snowstorm. Laundry and projects would have to be put on hold for a few more hours while I put my photojournalist hat on.
Story continues after the break..
note: Saturday version of the portraits can be found here
Once again I got my trusty camera and octagon and went against the masses at thew New York Comic Con 2011 for another round of awesome phortraits.
Major props to my friend Ian Rios (awesome painter) who helped me with the lighting yesterday and today, he is a much a part of the results of the photos as I am.
Enjoy!
After receiving so much positive feedback from my "Faces of Occupy Wall St" post, I decided to do something entirely different using the same format. Separating the cosplayer from the busy background of the Comic Convention and giving them a full frame to show their stuff. Here are the people I met from the New York Comic Con 2011.
As a bonus, for people who see themselves here, after the pictures I've posted a link to another gallery where you can see the rest of the photos and order prints and full resolution downloads for personal usage.
I'll be back tomorrow for more pictures, look for me.
Enjoy.
"Occupy Wall Street" is a protest which began in New York and is now spreading across America. Many people are wondering who these protesters are, so I decided to document the people supporting the movement.
Some of the people photographed here have been in Zuccoti Park since the first week of the occupation, others are just visitors drawn to see the community that has been created in support of this movement.
Rather than go and snap some ordinary pics, I took along a huge 5ft diameter light box to capture isolated portraits of the people participating.
These are the people I met:
Enjoy.
Today I post Holly, a few photos of her as she sang for the streets of Wall Street.
I feel this is starting to become a trend, im not doing as many creative/commercial shots as before, so my posts are becoming more anecdotal and personal.With this in mind I'll relate some highlights of saturday september 24 where me and some friends both new and old visited Dumbo Arts Festival in Brooklyn.
when we first arrived at Brooklyn, the streets were pretty full of people visiting the festival all around the streets and in the museums.
