Around Valentine's Day this year, I shared a wonderful book featuring the stylish and colorful men of fashion in the Congo known as Sapeurs. I was drawn to their images by their free wheeling use of color. Well the Goddess of Color has smiled upon me again, as I've happened upon the work of photographer/artist Jeffrey Becom.
Jeffrey's focus is not on fashion, but how color enriches architecture and culture in our world. The work that I've seen is from travel that he's done in India, Mexico, and Italy. His work is striking in that he bombards us with instances where colors we do not usually see in combination, work and blend in stunning harmony. His fascination with the lifestyles of indigenious people just sparkles with evidence of the rich imagination and creativity in the human spirit.
You know how I love to fill these pages with gorgeous and humorous images that pleasurably massage your senses. Color and beauty switch our thinking over into the right side of our brain, where we can tap into our intuitive knowing, and appreciate the wholeness of Life. I enjoy doing anything I can to give you a break from the tyranny and tedium of the analytical, rational, sequential thinking that most of us spend our days consummed with. I would have included some of his photos here, but they are all tightly protected and couldn't be copied. So please click the above link and feast your eyes on the colors of our world as captured through his lens.
If you happen to live in or near Santa Fe, New Mexico, he has an exhibit opening July 9, 2010 - August 28, 2010 ~ Reception: July 9, 2010 5-7pm
Click here for the Exhibit Announcement and Preview:
VERVE Gallery of Photography
219 East Marcy Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
p: 505-982-5009
What a delight!
Kentke
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