Ashley

These are my most favorite photo's from the other night, of my friend Ashley. From what started out as a "Art Film" originally, turned into a photo session. For some reason I always go back to the photo's.

Since this originally started as a film, I tried a different approach. I actually had an idea for a "character" to portray this mini rambling I had written, however most of it turned to improve, and more of a natural flow, which is how I normally go about doing my photos. By this point we were just going with it and having fun.

Ashley, in my opinion, is a person with many different core aspects that create a genre of people. Looking at the two of these photo's, I see the person I've come to know.

Room 1019

Vivid and Peculiar, the room that sits on the 1oth floor. Free to roam, world's collide, emotion changes from one room to the next.

Self Portrait

First Friday @ Top Hat

Some new images that were featured in my most recent showing in Philadelphia.

Room 619-Valerie

Here's room 123: Mark Tauriello & Mel Trend

The Chelsea is a place for certain individuals to inhabit. One must be ok with the notion of becoming a shadow in the presence of a world that exists within the wall's. Unlike any place you'll ever find, these images serve as a visual memory of what existence is like "inside".

The Art Of Fashion at Webster Hall

The two photo's featured in this new post were apart of my exhibit at Webster Hall. The first photo being of my Aunt Carol, and the second of my wonderful mother Sandy.

It really was a tremendous event, with lots of great individuals.

The experience itself was so surreal, surrounded by people who want to know about your work, people who used word's such as "Inspiring" when talking about my photo's. To hear that word "inspiring" really gets my heart. Because I truly put myself into my work. Its something I love, and have a great passion for. And to me, hearing that word come from someone...it makes me really feel as if I conveyed my message clearly.

One of the most fond memory's from the whole event was my friend Mel saying "So how do you feel about people comparing your work to Andy Warhol?" Beyond flattering, and such a motivational sentence.

I'm just glad that I was able to share the whole experience with people that I care about...and The Hotel Chelsea for providing me with a lot of inspiration, as well as a bed to sleep in, or pass out on.

And I deeply appreciate the opportunities that I've had given to me.