Lately, I’ve been so in love with shooting portraits. Which might be a little strange, considering that with my conceptual work I tend to hide faces. I separate the two because I’ve always felt like with conceptual images it should be about the story, not what the person looks like. I almost have two different…
Sometimes I create images that suck, and that’s OK. I’m falling behind on the 52 Week Project, I’m not gonna sit here and make up excuses though cause all there is to it is bad time management. But because I fall behind, I rush to create something.. which ends up kinda awful. The last two themes for…
I’ve fallen down more times than I can count. I mean both metaphorically and literally; I’m clumsy. When I’m face down on the ground I feel like this is it. This is when I finally admit defeat. This is when gravity is my best friend. This is when I stay down. I feel defeated. So many…
Who knew that smashing mirrors can be so much fun? Sticking up shards of glass with rubber garden gloves, however, is not. When I chose the theme “chaos”, I knew that I wanted to create something that would reflect inner chaos, and that’s why I chose to use a mirror. Initially, I wanted the…
What was I thinking choosing “dawn” as a theme? I’ll tell you what I was thinking: my mind is totally blanking out, that means I MUST choose it! I’ll challenge myself! Yeah.. not the best idea haha. I couldn’t think of what to do and when I did, I did not have time to edit…
In August, I got the chance to go to the Czech Republic with my family. We went to a town called Karlovy Vary, and it was so beautiful. It’s known for being a spa town, there are spas everywhere. But I didn’t try a single one, because I was enjoying just walking around the place with…
For Sara Kintsugi – (noun) To repair with gold; The art of repairing metal with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken. We are all imperfect. We are all flawed. We are, or were, broken in one way or another. Being human, we strive to live up…
Finally finished the new picture for the 52 Week Project! For this picture, I wanted to build my own miniature bridge. And I did. But it took me so long to do it because I’ve been having a hard time dealing with things. In my head. I haven’t been doing so well but I’m trying…
Amani AlShaali 