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Self Portrait as Performance
My performance-based photography is a meditative process. A frame is created in which suffering, awareness, sexuality, and letting go become evident. In short, I am embodying my experiences as a conscious being on this plane. The moments of my life are recreated through symbols, such as bandages, mirrors, hair & so forth. I think of time traveling to the moments wherein the initial experience occurred and I project that, I re-experience it and I let it live on its own as an
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Kids
This collection includes very early photographs where I can't seem to find the tiff files for. So a good chunk of this will be place holders until I am able to get to the negatives and rescan them. Thank you for understanding.
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The Pencil of Figments
Triptych "Photographing the landscape placed me on the edge between tranquility and fear. The Solitary aspect of nature, as well as its overpowering presence and the mystery of what lies within, lead me to pursue the vast amount of trees I would frequently see while driving. I placed dirt, sand, rocks and roots on the surface of the printing paper, bringing its contents closer to reality in contradiction of its abstraction. The black is the space to explore and seek without
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LomoChrome Purple
I think I was at ICP in NY when I notice the purple 120 film on the counter, I bought it and took it with me when I went to visit a friend in Washington, DC sometime later. I shot most of it at the congressional cemetery. Three shots while in DC not using LomoChrom Purple
J.M. Valdivia
Apr 81 min read


Bones
D uring the first year or two at my house I started doing some yard work and began finding bones throughout different parts of my yard. It was never a full animal laid to rest, It was very unusual. I eventually I gathered a bag worth and not knowing what kind of bones they were. Though some were obviously animal; I took the bag to a police station but they didn’t seem concerned. That was the end of that curiosity still however I was left feeling uneasy about the whole thing
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Workers
Workers are usually the overlooked energy in society that keeps everything in order. There’s something about the labor force that I admire and appreciate but am aware of how more often than not are disproportionately rewarded for what they provide to our society. Theirs a hierarchy where some feel certain jobs are less or more important than others and lack the respect everyone should be expressing in gratitude to one another.
J.M. Valdivia
Apr 21 min read
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