A message for 2020.
Read MoreModel Rylee Wolf, photographed by Pedro Bonatto with make up by Olena Al for the Kintsugi-inspired Art of Precious Scars series.
Dancer Iana Komarnytska, photographed by Pedro Bonatto in 2013, during their first collaboration together.
Art as a Call to Adventure
In this post I share some thoughts on how art can be seen as a call to adventure, as understood by Joseph Campbell in the Hero's Journey. This is a transcription of my latest episode of the Creative Walks Podcast.
Read MoreModel Asha Porteous photographed by Pedro Bonatto with make up by Olena Al.
Kintsugi and the Art of Precious Scars
Here is the first photo in a series I created in collaboration with make up artist Olena Al and model Asha Porteous inspired by Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a Japanese pottery practice where you repair broken artifacts with gold to ‘glue’ the broken parts. The idea is that the object becomes more beautiful exactly because it was broken and put together.
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Creative Walks - an accidental new project
Recorded during daily walks in search of inspiration, the podcast features thoughts on creativity, art, science, and culture.
Read MorePhoto by Iana Komarnytska, shot at F11 Studios in Kiev, Ukraine.
Soft Reboot
So… I’m back to posting here! I’ve been in Europe for almost 4 months now and I’ve been very much out of social media, focusing on finishing endless pending projects and getting a new chapter off the ground.
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Checking out the Golden Gate in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo by Iana Komarnytska.
Extended trips and letting a place change you
So… I thought it would be appropriate to post this news on Canada Day, as I’ve been a bit reclusive lately. :) Iana and I decided to go on a year-long trip around Europe and the Middle East (and who knows where else). We’ll be based in Kyiv and I am very excited to work on music, dance, photo and video projects much closer to the source of our inspiration.
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Back in the Arena
Today I submitted some of my fine art photos for a competition by SeeMe in New York and I’m very excited about the theme: “One Self”, about identity and self reflection. It came in good time, because it was exactly the subject of my first vlog, which I recorded yesterday and is coming out tomorrow.
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Metamorphosis
In this post I share a little story about beginning a transformation, and I hope it will be useful on your own path and struggles.
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Criticize by creation
After weeks working on proposals and grants for a new music and dance project I got a chance to get back to some photography work yesterday, creating sets and transforming my home studio into different imagined worlds.
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Dancer Iana Komarnytska, photographed at Lovely Studios in Kiev, Ukraine.
Learning x Comparing
Behind-the-scenes images and the nature of travel.
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Working from first principles
Some thoughts from the road.
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