Wandering toward the Biltmore Hotel.

It is a cold Saturday morning and the Venetian Pool is closed. From outside, I see the dirt in the pool. Nothing there to photograph.

Let me wander toward the Biltmore Hotel.

 

 

 

 

Agaves and others.

I was taking a look at one of my archival boxes, and came across some negatives of agaves and other botanicals that you might like.

Agaves are one of my favorite themes for black and white.

Most of those pictures were taken in Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding Atlantic Forest.

This agave was caught right after the rain:

A family portrait:

A close-up of the above agave was one of my donations for the latest Bakehouse´s Lucky You 2:

The other donation was an orchid.

Here the framed “Orchid” with Nory Contractor, the charming girlfriend of Harvey Oxenberg, the President of the Board of Directors of the Bakehouse:

Just a classical composition:

Etlingera Elatior. Both the name and the flower are beautiful:

Two kids of a nearby slum passed by when I was photographing the Etlingera Elatior:

Dear art lover, save the date for “en:twined” – Friday, April 9, from 7-10pm at the Bakehouse Art Complex:

Thirty Years of Art – Pablo Cano – Found Object, Found Love.

You are all invited to this remarkable occasion. This Friday.

Don´t miss this opportunity in the main gallery of the Bakehouse Art Complex. Entrance is free.

FOUND OBJECT / FOUND LOVE

30 Years of Art With Pablo Cano

Opening Reception, Friday February 12th, 7-10pm

I was honored to be chosen by the curators Lauren Wagner and Anthony Ardavin to shoot the complete new catalog of the artwork of Pablo Cano for this show, and to shoot Pablo´s portrait, below.

Pablo Cano

Pablo´s website is http://www.canoart.com.

Art Basel.

Those were four(or five) days of pure delight for art lovers.

The world of art came to Miami. And for the first time the Bakehouse had a very active participation. The doors were open to the public from 10am-6pm, and free breakfast was served everyday from 10-1pm.

Below, the two pictures that I showed in the main gallery, for the exhibition “Sensory Overload”, curated by Lauren Wagner, our Associated Director of Exhibitions.

"Baobab´s Eye".

This is one of the beautiful baobabs in the Young Circle Park, Hollywood, Florida. It reminds us of an elephant´s eye and trunk.

Frequently I find those kinds of resemblances in the botanical nature, like this one in the forest at the Deering Estate at Cutler:

"Little Bear Head and Unicorn.

The second picture at the exhibition was a Beethoven bust with an IPod. At a certain time in his life Beethoven could not hear, but could produce the most wonderful music, like “Choral Fantasy”, the title of this photograph:

"Choral Fantasy".

If you want to see those pictures framed in larger prints, come and visit my studio(# 24) at the Bakehouse Art Complex.

Let´s get started…

Today we took away the black & white photographs from the walls of the main gallery of the Bakehouse Art Complex.

“BAC: Black & White” did not last long, but this collective exhibit by many artists of the BAC was remarkably successful. The photographs had the compelling qualities that only b&w can deliver. They were spectacular, evocative, enigmatic and disturbing.

Below is the flyer of the exhibit. It shows one picture I took from the top of One Biscayne Tower, right in the heart of downtown Miami. The picture was chosen by Lauren Wagner, our Associate Director of Exhibitions, and Arlys Raymond, our Executive Director, to illustrate the invitation.

Here is “Downtown Miami # 1″ again in a version without cropping:

At the time I took the picture – about four months ago – I did not know that the white building in the center was the “Asia”, in Brickell Key, just across the Miami River. But I soon learned it from a lot of people familiar with the area at the eastern end of Calle Ocho.