Can there be safety?
And the justice we cry for has yet to come (featuring Ruthness) (Taken with instagram)
But is it art?
This image is one of my earliest successes utilizing natural light. It’s, also, a great example of how many of the best pictures come from just being in the right place at the right time. (i.e. During a trip back home I was visiting a photography associate who happened to live in an art school which was housed in this very old former convent. This delightful model was coming to work with him on very short notice that day and she was happy to spend time working with me as well.)
Sometime later I was attending a barbeque at a friend’s house showing some of my images. Upon seeing this picture a female friend remarked that it wasn’t art because the model’s “junk” was visible. So I responded to her comment by pointing out that would be like telling our mutual friend Toddzilla (an amazingly talented musician/guitarist) that his music could only be considered art if he played his guitar a specific way. Point taken, she embarrassingly excused herself from the conversation.
Many months later I was reflecting on that happenstance and in hindsight thought I provided too sincere of a defense to her. I should have replied in protest with “but it’s in black and white.”
K
Closed my laptop in anger
I just closed my laptop in anger.
I just looked at myself in anger.
I just regarded my job with disgust.
I just started binge eating.
I just started to cry.
©kayelless 2011
Fish without water
My art is how I breathe. Take it away from me and I become as the proverbial fish out of water, flailing and flopping about trying to get precious oxygen back into my blood.
Size doesn’t matter - Nedah (continued)
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model: Nedah Oyin
K
Size doesn’t matter - Debra
National Breast Cancer Foundation® Official Site - Information, Awareness & Donations.
Each year it is estimated that nearly 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die. Women in the United States get breast cancer more than any other type of cancer except for skin cancer. It is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in women.
To find out more about breast cancer and how you can aid in the fight against it please visit the National Breast Cancer Foundation website.
model: Debra
K
Reason, season, or lifetime
Re-posting something a dear friend gave me several years ago. Thank you, Staci. I love you.
Reason, Season, or Lifetime
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
When you figure out which one it is,
you will know what to do for each person.When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty;
to provide you with guidance and support;
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.Some people come into your life for a SEASON,
because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it. It is real. But only for a season.LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons;
things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person,
and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.
It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.— Unknown
