Lucia Rojas Photography

Sabbie Mobili

2010-05-17T17:53:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Sabbie Mobili

Demoni e meraviglie
Venti e maree
Lontano di già si e' ritirato il mare
E tu
Come alga dolcemente accarezzata dal vento
Nella sabbia del tuo letto ti agiti sognando
Demoni e meraviglie
Venti e maree
Lontano di già si e' ritirato il mare
Ma nei tuoi occhi socchiusi
Due piccole onde son rimaste
Demoni e meraviglie
Venti e maree
Due piccole onde per annegarmi.

Jacques Prevert

I found this one of mine in a blog accompanied by this beautiful poem... so i decided i wanted to share it here too.
:)

This is the blog: http://fireandgrace.splinder.com/archive/2008-09?from=13

Vuelve

2010-05-15T19:12:00.001-07:00

Irene, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

VUELVE
Vuelve otra vez y tómame,
amada sensación retorna y tómame -
cuando la memoria del cuerpo se despierta,
y un antiguo deseo atraviesa la sangre;
cuando los labios y la piel recuerdan,
cuando las manos sienten que aún te tocan.

Vuelve otra vez y tómame en la noche,
cuando los labios y la piel recuerdan...
Kavafis

Lazy Sunday in Memory Land.

2010-04-18T20:50:00.001-07:00

Lazy Sunday in Memory Land., originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

or the alternate title of: "Living in world of fake"

These past weeks feel like nothing is true and nothing is real. I need to touch it and feel it to make sure it is actually there..and lately my hands are tied, my eyes blindfolded....

Little Ale & little Me.

2010-04-17T07:58:00.001-07:00

Little Ale, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Some of my old work with Ale.... I loved this day. It was so raw... so present and connected.
I have to find that feeling again. I have to find that little me.

Signos

2010-04-15T13:03:00.001-07:00

Signos, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Todo hace el amor con el silencio.
Me habían prometido un silencio como un fuego, una casa de silencio.
De pronto el templo es un circo y la luz un tambor.

Alejandra Pizarnik

"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle."

2010-03-22T19:16:00.001-07:00

"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.", originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

-Anais Nin-

Let me flourish in between all the darkness. Let my strength be tested and win.
Let me find myself.
Let me find myself with you.

The Red Coat

2010-03-17T12:18:00.001-07:00

Sandra, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

My friend Sandra posed for this shot years ago. i recently found it in my old files. Going through all the old files is like re-living the past... it feels so warm in the heart. But it also allows me to look at shots with a different view... and I love this.... I like shots that take time to mature.
Just like me... I can't seem to get a hang of the whole maturing thing. :)

Teen Life Uk

2010-03-13T14:29:00.001-08:00

Teen Life Uk, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

The streets of Bath, England got flooded with this image on a Saturday evening.

Truth When Soul Meets Body

2010-03-03T06:07:00.001-08:00

Truth When Soul Meets Body, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

“I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.”
-Mary Ellen Mark-

Soul Meets Body

Taken with Asahi Pentax 6x7

Aleja

2010-03-02T17:52:00.001-08:00

Aleja is one of my favorite models and one of my best friends. She loves modeling and I love shooting her.

You can see my wonderful Asahi Pentax 6x7 :)

Y

2010-03-02T17:49:00.001-08:00

Y, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Lovely Valentine's Day 2010...
This photo of me was taken by Matteo Prezioso.
We spent the weekend in the countryside and had a wonderful time.

Alex

2010-01-22T16:22:00.001-08:00

Alex, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

This photo was taken at the Fashion Institute for Technology in New York
The stylist was marvelous Veronica.

The subtle touch of your kiss

2010-01-17T21:42:00.001-08:00

Holly, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Taken at ICP, New York.

Matteo

2010-01-04T22:12:00.001-08:00

Matteo, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

My wonderful new Asahi pentax 6x7!!!!!

Happy New Year!!!

In The Land of Dreams

2009-11-23T03:20:00.001-08:00

In The Land of Dreams, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Sometimes life gives you unexpected blows.... but in those moments, family, loved ones, friends become the most important thing..the columns that hold you up....

Everything seems like an illusion now, but thanks to them we are ll pulling through.

Ghosts in the Guggenheim

2009-11-14T10:32:00.001-08:00

Ghosts in the Guggenheim, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

I think about this day a lot because you could say this was the day that I really fell in love with photography. I had always been a painter until then, and my camera was used as memory collector or as an aid to my painting. That day everything changed.

It was my first time visiting the Guggenheim and I was very excited. As I was happily walking around taking pictures, one of the security guards who was having a bad day decided to get on my case. He told me I couldn't take pictures and decide to follow me around to make sure I was doing what he said. I was really, really angry as everyone around me was taking photographs. In a trying-to-be-challenging way I decided to shoot at the reflections on the floor, and told him, I am just shooting the floor, you can't do anything about that. I was captivated by this woman in a pink dress and her reflection, but mostly I really wanted to piss off the guard... :P I made it my purpose to follow this girl around all day... I never did see the art work that day. I was hypnotized, captivated by the moment and the images on the camera.Absolutely seduced by what I was seeing and the way the little Sony Powershot was capturing it.

I didn't need to paint this, no, this was already finished.Photography all of a sudden had a completely new meaning for me. I stayed all day where the shiny floor was and took a series of pictures that I call "Ghosts in the Guggenheim" and that was the beginning of an ongoing series of ghosts in museums. (needless to say I had to return to the Guggenheim some other time to actually see what was in there, but it has never been as good as that day)

To this day, with so much that I have tried to learn and so much that I still need to learn, this is probably one of my top 3 magical photography moments ever and I wanted to share it with you. :) oh, yes! And thanks to that guard ;)

Uploaded by Lucia Rojas on 8 Nov 09, 8.25PM COT.

Some things will float...some things will fly...all the way to Colombia

2009-11-11T11:45:00.001-08:00

Some things will float...some things will fly..., originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Seems like there have been a lot of countdowns in my life this year... and now we begin the final one.

30 days.

I am so excited.

Adieu, Bon Voyage,

2009-11-09T10:26:00.001-08:00

Adieu, Bon Voyage,, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

I seem to be in a nostalgic mood lately. I have spent days going over old images... pictures I took when I first started to fall in love with photography. It was the moment my brush changed..... and it created a complete transformation in who I was and what I wanted...

I have loved every second of the way in this process and I can't wait for what is coming.... but still, some of my favorite and most loved images where taken back then.

This picture I took for a friend who was leaving on a long trip. It was my way of saying goodbye. :)

R.I.P. Roy Decarava

2009-11-06T11:53:00.000-08:00

"I want to express that moment when a man going to work has meaning for that man and for me, not the fragment of the whole but the expression that sets it apart for all men going to work at that given moment, when that man ceases being one man and becomes all men."
-Roy Decarava-

Roy Decarava is one of my favorite documentary photographers. With him I travel in N.Y. to the world of jazz that I adore... with him I get to meet all of his subjects while also looking at them from the sidelines. It's like I can touch them with my eyes... without ever intruding. He leaves an amazing body of work.

Homenaje a Alda Merini

2009-11-05T17:15:00.001-08:00

WE 2 R 1, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Amore,
vola da me
con l'aeroplano di carta
della mia fantasia,
con l'ingegno del tuo sentimento.
Vedrai fiorire terre piene di magia
e io sarò la chioma d'albero più alta
per darti frescura e riparo.
Fa' delle due braccia
due ali d'angelo
e porta anche a me un po' di pace
e il giocattolo del sogno.
Ma prima di dirmi qualcosa
guarda il genio in fiore
del mio cuore.

Alda Merini, da "Alla tua salute, amore mio"

WORLD MARCH FOR PEACE AND NON VIOLENCE

2009-11-04T18:01:00.001-08:00

Faces of Peace, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

DAY 34

http://www.theworldmarch.org/

Do visit this website. The World March is a wonderful way to unite our consciousness into one.
:)

Onion makes me cry

2009-10-31T22:18:00.001-07:00

Onion makes me cry, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Taken in Villa de Leyva Colombia. Onion Plantation

I love this shoot for many reasons. For one I love the location and couldn't be more inspired when I am there. Villa de Leyva is definitely a magical place full of wonderful energy, creativity and kind people. Secondly, I usually tend to get very close to my subjects, I am always looking for ways to make the frame tighter, but here I went wider. And the wider I went the more I loved it. I certainly feel this is the beginning of a story telling phase. :)

ONE PHOTO STORY - El Autostop

2009-10-28T15:00:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Taken at the Infiernito Desert in Villa de Leyva, Colombia.

Should you ask?

2009-10-01T08:07:00.001-07:00

Too many questions dancing in my head..., originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Sometimes there are questions that need to be asked... no matter what the consequences.

“Words can make a deeper scar than silence can heal”

2009-09-29T19:06:00.001-07:00

Scar, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

“There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.”
-Harry Crews-

Elementos de Génesis

2009-09-28T13:03:00.001-07:00

Never alone, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

The best thing about change is that something always inevitably ends and that leaves the door open for new beginnings. Sometimes things have to start all over again, as if they were brand new.

Elementos de Integracion

2009-09-28T10:16:00.001-07:00

Whitechapel Station, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

It is funny how it works. For months you go on thinking you are not going to make it through another day, not like this. Then all of a sudden you wake up one day and everything has changed. The hole in your heart is not there anymore. You are over it.

This picture was taken with a Holga @ Whitechapel Tube Station in London

Elementos de dispersion

2009-09-27T20:13:00.001-07:00

Elementos de dispersion, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Sometimes you can actually feel things as they shift and change. You know you are going to come out transformed. And they said people don't change... but you know it is not true. You know it because you are living it.

Cumbia en San Jacinto

2009-09-27T14:05:00.001-07:00

Cumbia en San Jacinto, originally uploaded by Lucia Rojas.

Cumbia is a Colombian musical style and folk dance that is considered to be representative of the country. Cumbia began as a courtship dance practiced among the slave population in hidden places away from their owners. In San Jacinto, The way the cumbia is danced is probably one of the purest of the country. The woman is always very dignified representing the indigenous side, and the man has much more of a hot-party role representing the black side. Traditionally the woman will hold a candle, because the places were they used to hide to dance were very dark... Feet are always dragged on the floor, because the slaves had chains on their feet, which didn't allow them to properly move.

In the dance the man is trying to court the woman, and the woman sort of flirts back, but never gives in completely... you never touch each other in the Cumbia...but when you are properly dancing it, you should never take your eyes of your partner... and you get very close without ever touching. (I find it extremely sensual ;) )

Barullo

2009-09-19T19:59:00.001-07:00

Barullo

Parcour

2009-09-19T19:35:00.001-07:00

Parcour! I love it!

Body Language - London, June 2009

2009-09-19T19:12:00.000-07:00

Shooting with Elisa, an Italian dancer who lives in London, was so much fun! I have always loved dance so I was dying to shoot with a dancer and Elisa delivered in every possible way :) I am really pleased with the results.

I have been blogged :)

2009-03-09T11:17:00.000-07:00

http://www.shuttercrack.com/

Thanks to Mariczka :) This makes me very happy.

I promise I will be back soon with updates about my life in London.

It all ends where it began: Riding the LIRR

2008-12-20T22:56:00.000-08:00

Tonight I said goodbye to Elvia. Elvia was my plant. I got her the when I first moved into my new flat and she has been the only plant in the apartment to survive the harsh life.

Some people think it is funny, but hey, I love plants. There's no much more to say. I wish I was one of those people with a green thumb... ever since I read The Secret Garden, when I was in 4th grade, I have wished to be one of those people to have anything grow on them, and of course, I mean plants, flowers, vegetation.... just be one of those people who can communicate with plants... (call it corny) ;) but I love them.

I got Elvia the moment I found an apartment. Elvia, yes, that's her name... my dear plant... and since then, she has kept me company, and most importantly, she has let me take care of her..without suffering too much.

When I first moved into this flat, my roommates had tons of plants... little by little they all died. The only plant that survived was Elvia. I took care of her as much as I could.... She sometimes suffered the harsh weather, but she kept strong, just like me...

Tonight I gave her to my cousin. After much deliberating I decided that my cousin was the best person to have her... so as I rode the Long Island Railroad.. I just kept thinking how it all ends where it began: riding the Long Island Railroad.

Saying goodbye to Elvia was more important that saying goodbye to my roommates..though they are cool and I may see them again in the future. Elvia was the little thing I had chosen to take care of... she was mine...she only related to me and me to her.... Leaving her at my cousin's meant the first step of saying goodbye....

Doesn't she look cute riding the train?

Last Week

2008-12-20T17:09:00.000-08:00

Ok. So this is officially my last week in New York City, and after 4 months of a having my life turned upside down in many ways, I have decided to get personal, to dig into the core and try to untangle this mess I have gotten myself into. I now feel like it is something I HAVE to do. Organize the feelings and thoughts I have had these 4 months and little by little organize my life.

I had been warned about this city. I knew I was taking a huge risk by coming here. And I don't mean the normal-kind of risk that one takes when traveling, but something that was much deeper and so, so very intimate...

So intimate I still find it hard to put into words. But this post and the ones to come will try to start getting me out the labyrinth.

That tiny red leaf, that survived the first snow storm is quite important. It is me... It is my soul, my mind, my body... The piece of me that is left in the insanity of this experience. A small leaf holding on to the branch...

I hold on to the idea of what is coming...
I hold on to love,
I hold on to me.
But to really do that I have to first organize what has happened...
I have to figure out if I should be angry or grateful with New York...

(to be continued)

Insomnia

2008-12-14T00:45:00.001-08:00

It's hard to sleep in New York... when the city never sleeps, it's hard to sleep too... there are too many things going on. Outside the lights shine and the sirens echo in the night, bouncing on thelayers of smoke and freezing air; there's laughter and screams that can be heard through the window. Inside, the head spins just as fast... just as fast... just as fast...

World March for Peace and Non-Violence

2008-12-13T17:16:00.000-08:00

On Sunday, December 7th, New yorkers marched for peace, launching the first world march to circle the earth calling for the end of war and nuclear arms, and the elimination of violence of all kinds.

This first world march will take place next year on October 2nd and it will last until January 2, 2010. It was a real pleasure to participate as a photographer in the first march and I got a chance to hear wonderful speakers and different points of view from all over the world.

If you want more information visit: http://www.marchamundial.org/en
my picture was published in Hoy Newspaper on Decemeber 11th
http://www.impre.com/hoynyc/noticias/comunidad/2008/12/11/por-la-paz-y-el-desarme-97686-1.html

Fallen Tears

2008-12-10T09:01:00.000-08:00

Being without you was one of the hardest things I had to face... and it made me so strong, I always knew I would be fine, I would survive it all and better things would come... but still, a space in my heart just kept telling me you were the One for me...

Model: Alejandra Pardo
Make-up & styling: Lucia Rojas

Autumn Complementary

2008-12-09T22:17:00.001-08:00

Model: Lara Izagirre
Make-up & styling: Lucia Rojas

Headless Fashion

2008-12-09T21:42:00.000-08:00

Model: Alexandra

Light & Dark

2008-12-09T20:29:00.000-08:00

I have always been fascinated by the intricate corners of the human mind and all the opposites within it. I will always wonder why we choose what we choose and which side weighs more at the time of these decisions. One small change in the choices we make can change our lives completely.

It is amazing that we make these choices with such lack of awareness... in such a disconnected manner, letting the opposites within our minds take hold of our destiny and barely watching as it happens.