Hey!! Some of my self-proclaimed identities are: Eastern Orthodox Christian, anarchist, nudist, pansexual, and mystic. Each of which have fabulous misconceptions by most of the world. How do they relate to my photography? In my devotion to Eastern Orthodox iconography, I'm passionate about triangles & expressing other-world dimensions through a photo. Mainstream paradigms for "beauty" in a photo need to be dismantled to understand knowledge of TRUE beauty........go anarchy!!! I post nude photos of myself within activist contexts to mock capitalist marketing, with its dehumanizing sexualization of the nude body. An evolved sexuality entails loving a person for her/his soul & heart, rather than confining attraction to the body (the philosophy behind pansexuality). And I explore myself through photography......by capturing a photo only when I feel an ecstatic union with God in the shot, rather than trying to impress an audience.
Favourite Movies
Across the Universe, Donnie Darko, Full Metal Jacket, American Beauty, Elephant, Falling Down, Amelie, Another Earth, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Placebo, ODESZA, Anti-Flag, Moon Hooch, Interpol, Vampire Weekend, Of Monsters & Men, Tame Impala, Courtney Barnett, Regina Spektor, Lindsey Stirling
Favourite Books
The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky), On the Road (Kerouac), Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo), Every Day (David Levithan), The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
Favourite Writers
Russian novelists, Noam Chomsky, Rumi (all his poetry, I mean)
Other Interests
the outdoors, writing poetry, playing oud & harmonica, traveling