KUNDAVEGA When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. - Ansel Adams Like poetry or dreams photography is yet another journey for me, prismatic reflections of experience I cannot express in any other language. They are stepping stones or bridges or trapeze or tightrope. Sometimes I must fashion them, sometimes they appear naturally, always carrying me to another side. Hopefully they will remain should anyone decide to follow in need of a crossing. Photographers who greatly inspire me: Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Philippe Halsman, Dorothea Lange, Sally Mann, W. Eugene Smith, Jerry Uelsmann, Kevin Wilson Cameras I have used: Pentax K1000, Nikon D40x , Nikon Coolpix 4300 and S3000 I am most honored to have done the book covers for the following publications … Carrier of The Seed by Jeffrey Side Closing Eyes Blazing Life by Sarah Ahmad Solzhenitsyn Jukebox by Ann Bogle You can find these incredible works on www.blazevox.com and www.argotistonline.co.uk/ If you are interested in a print of any of my photographs or if you have any questions or comments, please email me at rachel@kundavega.com or visit my Etsy page here - www.kundavega.etsy.com My website: www.kundavega.com Thank You and with love. All photographs in this blog are © Rachel Lisi 2010 ARCHIVE Tumblr (3.0; @kundavega)http://kundavega.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la0xmiwnaD1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We love you John.</p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/1275749544http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/1275749544Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09:03:54 -0400John LennonStrawberry FieldsPeaceNew York CityCentral Parkblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9s23mKtPX1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Leilani’s Lips II</p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/1243444540http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/1243444540Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:02:10 -0400redlipsheartblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9s21twjwE1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Leilani’s Lips I</p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/1243440083http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/1243440083Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:01:05 -0400redlipsheartblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6gc01P6eJ1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>what the heart can hunt and hook and hold and hide</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/886676020http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/886676020Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:24:00 -0400Heartlovemetalhooksurrealblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6g9sppXKW1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>my grandmother dreaming on her deathbed waiting to enter into the next world … endings … beginnings …</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/886503987http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/886503987Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:36:25 -0400pic pickEndingsbeginningsgrandmotherwomandeathbeautyportraitblack and whiteNikonnature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6arz8refa1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/873272116http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/873272116Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:23:32 -0400CrystalWineGlassblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l68vsw64wk1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>swan song and ink stained stuck in fluted kiss … </em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/868557388http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/868557388Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:50:56 -0400OrigamiSwanCraneKissMetalsurrealblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l66fmoa5EE1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>A cat who appreciates art is a cat to appreciate.</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/862179199http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/862179199Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:06:24 -0400CatArtblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l656aeI6yG1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Perchance</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/859169327http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/859169327Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:47:02 -0400CatKittyBlack and WhiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l655lg5vYB1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l655lg5vYB1qb308uo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l655lg5vYB1qb308uo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l655lg5vYB1qb308uo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l655lg5vYB1qb308uo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l655lg5vYB1qb308uo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l655lg5vYB1qb308uo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l655lg5vYB1qb308uo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Jardins de crinoline …</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/859118150http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/859118150Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:32:03 -0400VintageFashionCrinolineBlack and WhiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l64kqaAMyB1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Chicago - Millennium Park - 2010</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/857618402http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/857618402Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:01:22 -0400ChicagoMillennium ParkPunkblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5zkro73b91qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>when it is time, you will leave your light … and fly …</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/847397983http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/847397983Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:14:00 -0400Nikonblack and whitecrowssurreal<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5yoogBqfz1qb308uo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>mirror, mirror … how do you hang on to a dream?</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/845162155http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/845162155Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:41:00 -0400ghostvintageeroticafashiondancerdreambeautyreflectionmirrorblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5wwv2TP181qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>the very first picture I ever took was of my mother …</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/840912523http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/840912523Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:42:38 -0400Portraitblack and white1987Pentax K1000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5rbsgyV3Z1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>someone’s pantheon … </em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/827917969http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/827917969Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:19:28 -0400bodybuilderbodycloudsblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5qjbdAs9h1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>legs that can travel for miles on sparkles …</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/826254017http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/826254017Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:04:25 -0400shoeslegsfashionglitterblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5qhrtXfYB1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>high above the filament …</em></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/826135904http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/826135904Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:31:05 -0400birdcrowsurrealfilamentblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5mq7ayWFd1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>… and in the space of a tree my eye is waiting.</p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/817634852http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/817634852Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:42:46 -0400raindroptreesurrealblack and whitedreamNikon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5mq55RCSl1qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>… with the rain and the color and the absence of color …</p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/817630386http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/817630386Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:41:28 -0400rainraindropblack and whiteNikon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5jwecm7j51qb308uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>M</strong><em>e<strong>y</strong>e</em>cro<strike>cosmos</strike></p>http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/810942247http://kundavega.tumblr.com/post/810942247Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:03:00 -0400eyecosmossurrealblack and whiteNikon