color photography by Ava Creative. Contact Ava Creative at helloavacreative@gmail.com
amazon river
Betty!
venitian ghost - self-portrait, long single exposure on velvia at night :)
Lake Superior ice, western shore.
my room in the amazon rainforest
laundry, venezia, italia
amber and furongwang on green sill
old ski lodge, grand marais, minnesota
Lightboy - This is just one frame of film, single exposure. No photoshop or other post.
ale alight - lots of crawling around (on my part), and lots of holding still (on the subjects part)
(alejandro de los canarios amarillos)
This is just one piece of film, one bulb exposure, no photoshopping (save for small level and saturation adjustments). Old hasselblad, Zeiss 80mm.
bright billy
geo - this is all on one piece of film, one bulb exposure, no photoshop, rough scan
outside of Ojo Caliente, near santa fe, nm
lost beuys
sisterworld
editorial: sports
venezia
Front gate of a ceremonial complex, Chan Chan, Trujillo, Peru
Shepardess in the highlands of Cajamarca, Peru
inner chamber, chaco
chaco canyon wall
stone boat, beijing - A hand-built traditional Chinese stone boat on Beijing's central Ritan park. Situated on a lake skirted by willows and oaks, with its outdoor stage thrust out over the water, this was a great place for night owls.
Windhover Hall by Santiago Calatrava - Love this architect!
Makers'
pond votive, wuxi china - at the base of one of the largest buddha statues in the world :)
nomad street art - padova, italia
woopsy bus
capella, cortina italia - Found a wash of light coming through a narrow pass in the famous ski village of Cortina, Italy.
edison porch
grampa's tomatoes
Washburn
done (with war)
las vegas, nevada
draconis plastique
Hennepin Ave (after a storm), minneapolis, minnesota
Veneto Trainyard
where be dragons
piano (destroyed by savage aural hotbed) - Savage Aural Hotbed is a supremely original found-object band. Way way before STOMP and the like, these guys were sawing oil drums and shooting flame throwers. I helped them destroy a piano on stage, and this is part of the remains :)
blue, blue velvet
the many
bally's blacksmithing
mississippi river, minneapolis, minnesota
Manuel Murio
sun 'n peppas - late afternoon, santa fe, nm :)
Cinder and Chaff
Wurdeman Automatic
Motorcycle Thief - Oxfort St, London
helsinki?
phnom penh corner
americana, santa fe, new mexico
old town sacramento, california
blue saloon, old sac
tuol sleng, phnom penh
push!
painter, bangkok
sentry, bangkok
angkor wat interior
back alley blues
the time warp (again)
Karen mountain pup
my tablas :) - These are my tablas, north Indian classical drums derived from the dholek. These were made by one of the 3 most prestigious instrument-making families in India. To listen to GOOD tabla playing, try Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu, Talvin Singh.
dashanzi 798 art district, beijing, china
snow and wind rivulets on the shore of lake superior
windswept lake superior snow
central london, uk
sawbill lake, minnesota
view from my window, beijing, china
chan chan, peru
bill bally blacksmith, garage door
feather in a natural rock pond with rain water, Granja Porcon, near Cajamarca, Peru
avecito y flores en Los Manglares, Tumbes, Peru
apples in a barrow, irun, españa
passage, venezia
calliope of great grand uncle Oz
harbor, ilo, peru
prayer flags, buddhist retreat, peru
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color photography by Ava Creative. Contact Ava Creative at helloavacreative@gmail.com