Damaso Reyes Photography » Photography

Life Lessons

Damaso — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:05:34 +0000

Drill Instructor, Parris Island Marine Corps training center.

Summer in the City

Damaso — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:05:04 +0000

New York, New York 2008

Form and Function

Damaso — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:58:30 +0000

Party time in Stuttgart

Public Art

Damaso — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:58:10 +0000

The Gates in Central Park

The Sum of Her Parts

Damaso — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:12:55 +0000

Burlesque performer. Barcleona 2009

Old School

Damaso — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:10:35 +0000

Woman on the street. Barcelona 2009

Words on Stone

Damaso — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:07:35 +0000

Groundbreaking ceremony for the new World Trade Center in New York.

The Color of the Day is Blue

Damaso — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:28:13 +0000

Late night party. NYC

Home Sweet Home

Damaso — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:24:12 +0000

Muscian Malcolm Hunter on Roosevelt Island, NYC

It’s nice to be back in New York even though it is hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. NYC will always be home to me, no matter where else in the world I live…

The 82% Photograph

Damaso — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:28:23 +0000

Girl riding bicycle. Barcelona October 2009

Many years ago I had a friend who owned his own clothing business. One of the things he made was hats with funny messages and designs. One day he showed me his latest creation: a hat that simply had 82% stitched on it. When I asked about the idea behind the design he told me that no one can get upset at 82%. He’s right. If you took a test and got 82% of the answers right you’d have done a great job. If the president had an 82% approval rating he’d be very happy. 82% is a nice solid number. It’s above average without being spectacular.

When you get to a certain level you are confronted quite often by 82% images. Photos that don’t suck, in fact they are better than average. But they are not quite exceptional. Like the one above. Personally I think it is an 82% image. I was walking home after a night out in Barcelona and this young lady wearing a headscarf passed me by on the bike. I had just enough time to snap two images. To me this photo just doesn’t quite capture whatever it was I was feeling or thinking at the moment. It’s okay but not great. So I have left it out of my online galleries. Perhaps I’m setting the bar too high but I don’t think so. What do you think?

Freedom Day

Damaso — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:47:13 +0000

I hope all my American friends had a good 4th!

One More Day…

Damaso — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:19:27 +0000

Soon I’ll be back in Brooklyn. Not for long, in six weeks I will be headed towards Vienna where I will be staying for three months. It’s been an interesting trip. I haven’t shot a tremendous amount but I do feel like I’ve gotten some quality work done. More importantly I feel as though I’ve made some important connections and laid the groundwork for some future projects here in Estonia.

I’ve done a lot of looking and watching on this trip and a lot less image making. For me it has been very healthy and I certainly hope the images I have come away with are more than just snapshots but communicate some kind of understanding about this interesting place and its people.

See you on the flip side…

New Images from Barcelona

Damaso — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:33:23 +0000

Well I’m finally done editing my photos from Barcelona and I’ve posted them on my website.

So go on over and check out life backstage at a burlesque show, office life or just what you find when you wander around Barcelona.

Enjoy and don’t forget to leave some comments!

Artist Talk

Damaso — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:33:12 +0000

If you happen to be in Tallinn on Sunday I will be giving an artist talk at Uue Maailma selts at 18:00. I will be showing images from my entire body of work so stop by have a drink or something to eat and relax!

Behind the Scenes

Damaso — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:08:11 +0000

Backstage. Barcelona 2009