JayEl

Jay El

has been a member since Mar 2008 and goes by JayEl.

I am... in Central Cal. I use a Leica M8 digital. I like light and shadows playing in a photograph, simplicity chasing complexity, depth understated. Life's not black _or_ white. There's no BLACK, there's no WHITE. BxW is a mosaic of grays, 'White', a synthesis of ALL colors... Smile! We're all a little B&W, shades of gray, all of us... As is Life. - Photographs © J.E. For privacy of the depicted, do not use without permission - Pls, read Gibran's poem: On Chidren...

Find me at: http://www.jpgmag.com/stories/10852

Gibran's Children
Photo Essay

Gibran's Children

11 Mar 2009516 views

Khallil Gibran's classic poem on the soul of children. "First, Do no harm" & the inherent truths in Gibran's "On Children" define my practice.

If Senate seats are for sale...
Personal Post

If Senate seats are for sale...

10 Dec 2008204 views

If Senate seats are for sale, I thought, it's evident that The Free Market still works, all's well, and there's absolutely _no_ crisis.

Hot according to JpgMag, but are these "cool"?!
Feature Story

Hot according to JpgMag, but are these "cool"?!

19 Jul 2008705 views

I figured out what causes a photo to cross the line here from 'cold' to 'hot'...

Here are my submissions for Issue 18
Photo Essay

Here are my submissions for Issue 18

5 Jul 2008557 views

If you like it, click it...
(and I thank you!)

J's Geometry.
Photo Essay

J's Geometry.

4 Jul 2008422 views

I thought I liked landscapes & light & shadows in a photograph, but didn't realize geometry & spaces were also big unnoticed favorites...

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