Lydian Images

Little Snow White with a Carrot

2011-10-23T16:07:00.000-07:00

New Shots from Israel 2011: More Food

2011-10-16T12:49:00.000-07:00

Rosh Hashana table...fresh dates, pomegranate & beets
kebab-bread bowl at famous Al Babour restaurant
chopping parsley at Al Babour
Lamb chops with smoking rosemary
Hummus, olives and a myriad of salads

New Shots from Israel 2011: Food

2011-10-16T12:44:00.001-07:00

The famous "jerusalem mix"
Two Yemenite guys in a Yemenite restaurant...
Yemenite Leg Soup
Staples: pita, rice and beans, malt "beer"

New Shots from Israel 2011: Beauty of the North (Amirim)

2011-10-16T12:37:00.001-07:00

Olives.

Companions by the tsimer.

New Shots from Israel 2011: Jerusalem

2011-10-16T12:32:00.001-07:00

Old City walls...
Scarves in the market
Yafo Street
Arches in the Old City

New Shots from Israel 2011: Tel Aviv-Yafo

2011-10-16T12:23:00.000-07:00

Gritty art and classic view in Yafo
Owls in the Yafo flea market
Isra-Stine
young bowed trees in Yafo's new promenade park

Solstice Project, First Shot, June 2006

2011-07-05T16:55:00.003-07:00

Since the summer of 2006, when I graduated from college, I've taken self portraits on the summer and winter solstice of each year. I decided to photograph my evolving self on the turning points of the year, days that always stirred something inside me.

After 5 years I had a nice little collection to show... Each photo should capture something about where I was and what I was up to at the time. For example, the first was taken when I worked as an art model which was why I chose to pose nude - for the blog I chose the blurred shot so as to be family friendly. We can just decide that the motion blur speaks to my rapidly changing life at that point in time. My new diploma from Shepherd University is in the corner as well as some framed photos from my senior art show, and I'm sleeping on the floor- no mattress to speak of ..yet. Other images posted below in chronological order.

Solstice Project (Winter 2006 - Winter 2008)

2011-07-05T16:44:00.001-07:00

Feeling down but with a new bed...December 2006.
Revisiting the slide at my childhood elementary school after moving back to Arlington, VA, Summer 2007
Dreams of being a drum & bass DJ, Winter 2007
Newly arrived in Tel Aviv, Summer 2008
West Virginia Winter, 2008

Solstice Project (Summer 2009 - Summer 2011)

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Yafo, Israel in the background (last summer in Tel Aviv,, 2009)
Return to snow: First Winter in Silver Spring, MD, 2009
Apt finally came together by Summer 2010
Embracing 2 cultures, Holidays 2010
Summer 2011. New dress, new ring, new pot of basil.

Muir Woods, April 2011

2011-05-15T11:22:00.000-07:00

Link to my photo in the Jerusalem Post

2011-01-15T19:56:00.000-08:00

http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Judaism/Article.aspx?id=203497

Shark in Silver Spring

2010-11-28T07:26:00.000-08:00

As we head into Winter, a glimpse at an odd scene from this past summer... Discovery Channel Headquarters.

Oct 31 2010 - C&O Canal near Shepherdstown, WV

2010-11-11T14:39:00.000-08:00

July 4, National Mall, Washington DC

2010-07-19T15:39:00.001-07:00

February Blizzard 2010

2010-02-27T12:29:00.000-08:00

Two middle-eastern souls explore a new world...
Post blizzard transformations...
Sligo Creek (Silver Spring, MD)
This snowy evening-lit scene took my breath away.
Driving would be hell for a while.

Jellyfish, National Zoo, DC

2009-10-15T12:53:00.001-07:00

Like tiny clear Darth Vader helmets, their tiny hairs whirring with colorful "electric" currents.

Sundown on Tuesday, National Zoo, DC

2009-10-15T12:50:00.000-07:00

Tomatos

2009-09-12T11:51:00.000-07:00

Spent 2 summer months back home in West Virginia...Mom taught me how to can tomatos. These will be like a taste of sunshine come mid-winter.

Western Wall at night

2009-07-09T10:05:00.000-07:00

Bus Stop, Giva Taim, Israel

2009-06-07T07:35:00.000-07:00

My bus was a long time coming and I couldn't help notice the pretty patterns of the leaves in the street light.

Shahar & David

2009-06-07T07:22:00.000-07:00

One spring sunday I sat in a park in Israel and was amused when a nearby table became full with little boys hawking games, balls and other toys... pretty adept salesmen for 10 year olds.

Sima's Hina

2009-06-07T06:56:00.000-07:00

A young woman and her parents at a "hina" pre-wedding ceremony in Israel...mom couldn't hold back the tears.

Suspended

2009-05-17T08:23:00.000-07:00

I always wonder why...

Flight

2009-04-19T14:00:00.000-07:00

I finally chose a photo to start off my photo blog... I was wandering along the Tel Aviv beachfront and ducked under a fence to get into a park closed off for construction. It was quiet, still, and I came upon this solitary bird sculpture...then the stillness was broken by a plane coming in to land and I snapped this shot.