52 Week Project - Week 47

This weeks pictures come to you from a beautiful piece of art work from a phenomenal New Jersey artist, Johnny SOAP45 Vega.

He has created a model subway train for me, you can also see the other trains he has done on his page, click.

The following bio was taken from his website www.soap45.com

"For over 20 years Johnny Vega has built up an extensive and diverse body of work under the graffiti pseudonym SOAP45. This body of work has produced airbrush graffiti art on Walls, Clothing apparel, business establishments, Portraits, Helmets and much more! As a well known and long established graffiti artist, he has been named a legend in New Jersey and is highly respected in the Graffiti Industry. Among his many accomplishments, SOAP45 has done work for former New York Yankee Bernie Williams, New Jersey Devil, Martin Brodeur and Reality show star NJ housewife, Melissa Gorga.  Gallery presentations, solicitations to trade shows and graffiti meetings with M.O.S, cements the idea that SOAP45 is well regarded as one of the best in the game. Mixing medias by using photography, experimental painting, and print projects, SOAP45 promises to elevate his Graffiti style to a new and exciting dimension."

You can follow him on twitter, he is on facebook and my favorite is his website, www.soap45.com. Where you can see his art and purchase various paintings and also order custom portraits, hat's, t-shirts, hoodies, and yes a model subway train like mine.  He can do anything you like on it.

I want to wish my good friend the best and continued success!

I hope you liked the pics and go check out his website, you will not be disappointed.

Keep taking pictures!

Until Next Week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 46

This weeks pictures were taken at the beautiful Watsessing Park in Bloomfield, NJ.

My Niece had just finished playing soccer, her team won by the way.  As I was walking around I saw this:

So peaceful and beautiful.

Hope you liked them.

Until next week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 45

I was at the NJ Comic Book Expo in Teaneck, NJ for this weeks pictures.

Too funny not to post!

Can you guess which one is the REAL cape crusader? Maybe Batgirl knows?

The Joker is up to something!!!  Holy guacamole Batman!

Hope you enjoyed these as much as I did!!

Tune in next week, Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel!

I could not resist!!!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 44

Here are my favorite pictures of the week.

I created a theme without even trying. Ha!

Hope you liked them.

Until next week

Ciao!



52 Week Project - Week 43

This weeks pictures comes from the American Museum of Natural History.  They had a beautiful exhibit; The Butterfly Conservatory.

This young lady made a best friend in the conservatory.

It was so much fun, I could have spent the whole day there.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Until next week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 36 - 42

Sorry I have not been around to update but I do want to finish up the year at the least.  I was inspired to start this up again by a good friend, the very talented SOAP45.

The following excerpt was taken from the sign that was posted under this beautiful Brahma Shrine:

"The Brahma shrine is renowned through the far east, to people of all faiths, as a place of prayer which in turn bestows prosperity and good fortune on those who come to visit and make their hopes and wishes known.

The casting ceremonies for the four-faced, eight-handed statue of the Brahma were held in Bangkok, Thailand on November 25, 1983 and many important religious authorities and international dignitaries participated."

Hope you liked this as much as I did when I saw it.

Until next week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 35

This weeks picture was taken at Glenfield Park in Montclair, NJ. There is a nice little path that you can walk through but it looks like it hasn't been used in a long time.  The handrails are new so maybe they'll be cleaning it up soon.

Hope you liked the pic.

Until next week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 34

This weeks pictures were compliments of Hurricane Irene.  The National Guard was called in to help out the town where I work due to flooding.

I was told that the airport behind our building was alot worse than the pics above.

Until next week!

CIAO!

52 Week Project - Week 33

This weeks pictures were taken in Montclair, NJ.  I used a Holga lens (Thanks for letting me borrow it Lui) that is made for Canon DSLR cameras.

The following pictures were UNTOUCHED by Photoshop.

The last two are little creepy and I LOVE IT!!!  This is the purpose of my hobby, taking pictures of various objects that capture my eye.

Gotta get me a HOLGA lens!!

 

Hope you enjoyed them!

Hasta la proxima semana!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 32

Week 32 brought me to the SOHO NYC area.

I met Mr. Sergio Furnari.

He has recreated the Lunchtime Atop A Skyscraper, a famous black and white photograph taken by Charles C. Ebbets

The miniature version is AWESOME!!

You can purchase different size iron girders and chose different iron workers to be placed on them as you like.

So if you in the Soho area and see this, stop by and check it out.  Or you can check out his website, Mr. Furnari is very talented and it was a pleasure meeting him.

www.sergiofurnari.com

Until Next week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 31

A Beautiful View!

Stairway to . . .

Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

Until next week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 30

Palace Of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

Click here for more info.

I took so many pictures here, hope you like these.

Until next week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 29

I was speechless when I saw this:

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, California. Located 37 miles south of Carmel, CA on Pacific Coast Highway 1.

This is from one of many view points off of PCH 1.

This panhandler on the beach had a great idea and as you can see it works!

52 Week Project - Week 28

This weeks pictures were taken at the Old Mission in Santa Barbara, California.

Until next week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 27

A path to somewhere!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 26

This weeks picture comes from Peru, these are balconies that are closed with beautiful doors.  I was able to find some info online about these from Wikipedia, see below.

The Balconies of Lima are cultural heritage built during the Spanish colonial regime as well as in the republic era in Peru. Most of them were built in the late 17th and 18th centuries, hence structures are located in the historical center of Lima. They were adapted for ceremonial purposes and have influenced in the life of many Peruvian scholars such as the 19th century writer Ricardo Palma. Nowadays the number of them counts up to 1,600.

In order to retain its conservation, the Municipality of Lima has invited individuals and companies to adopt a balcony in order to maintain them as if they were new. The abundance of these balconies adds to the particular harmony and originality to this part of the city.

Until next week

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 25

This weeks picture was inspired by Hiram Bingham, the man that brought Machu Picchu back to life for me to see!

Check out one of the many sites that discuss Mr. Bingham and Machu Picchu. Click here.

Until next week!

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 24

Week 24 bought me to Machu Picchu.  What a beautiful site to visit. For the longest time I have see this wonder of the world on TV, Posters, videos and pictures of friends and family who have gone there.  When I first stepped in there was an overwhelming feeling of excitement, happiness, peacefulness and other indescribable feelings.  It was so unreal to actually be there and finally see it in person.  I'm planning on going back and spending a little more time there as I feel I did not take full advantage when I was there.

Enjoy!

The following was taken from the Sacred Sites Places of Peace and Power

The ruins of Machu Picchu, rediscovered in 1911 by Yale archaeologist Hiram

Bingham, are one of the most beautiful and enigmatic ancient sites in the world. While the Inca people certainly used the Andean mountain top (9060 feet elevation), erecting many hundreds of stone structures from the early 1400's, legends and myths indicate that Machu Picchu (meaning 'Old Peak' in the Quechua language) was revered as a sacred place from a far earlier time. Whatever its origins, the Inca turned the site into a small (5 square miles) but extraordinary city. Invisible from below and completely self-contained, surrounded by agricultural terraces sufficient to feed the population, and watered by natural springs, Machu Picchu seems to have been utilized by the Inca as a secret ceremonial city. Two thousand feet above the rumbling Urubamba river, the cloud shrouded ruins have palaces, baths, temples, storage rooms and some 150 houses, all in a remarkable state of preservation. These structures, carved from the gray granite of the mountain top are wonders of both architectural and aesthetic genius. Many of the building blocks weigh 50 tons or more yet are so precisely sculpted and fitted together with such exactitude that the mortarless joints will not permit the insertion of even a thin knife blade. Little is known of the social or religious use of the site during Inca times. The skeletal remains of ten females to one male had led to the casual assumption that the site may have been a sanctuary for the training of priestesses and /or brides for the Inca nobility. However, subsequent osteological examination of the bones revealed an equal number of male bones, thereby indicating that Machu Picchu was not exclusively a temple or dwelling place of women.

Here is one of my favorite pictures, I had to climb down to be lower than him and whistle so he can look over to capture this shot.

Did I mention that I LOVE my Canon T1i?

Until next week!

Ciao

52 Week Project - Week 23

This weeks pics come from my visit to Peru. I so love my country that is rich in culture and beautiful people.

 

Until next week!

 

Ciao for now!

52 Week Project - Week 22

	The time is finally here for one of Paterson's own graffiti pioneers Johnny "SOAP45" Vega will show case and sell his artwork for his first solo art show. If you're in the area I  hope you can attend the Open Reception on JUNE 4, 2011 starting at 6pm til 10pm and running through June 30th.

 Ivanhoe Art Mosaic is located at 4 Spruce St. in Paterson, NJ.  Near the Great Falls of Paterson.

I want to wish Johnny nothing but the best for his show and looking forward to seeing his masterpieces!

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Now for my pic of the week, again my favorite color was spotted, the lines and shapes caught my eye on this interesting structure.

Until next week!

Ciao



52 Week Project - Week 21

Wandering around this week I ran into something we don't really look at.  I got up close and liked the designs and shapes of this, and also the fact that my favorite color popped around it.

Ha! Can you see me?

Until next week.

Ciao!

52 Week Project - Week 20

Hello all!

What a WET week in NJ.  Becasue of that I had to stay "indoors".

This looked interesting to me.

Let me know what you think!

Until next week.

Ciao for now!