April 27, 2004
Visual Journal - Jose Luis Martinez
Jose Luis Martinez' Visual Journal web site contains a dated entries for the past 18 months (more or less), each with a digital photo and some commentary. A favorite entry of mine is titled Humma, and features a woman who looks like your average American retiree, but with the Buddha shining out of her eyes. Jose Luis writes: "She has gone through several heart and eye surgeries, has a bad hip and she is hurting most of the time, that particular night in which the picture was taken, she had a crazy itch that would not leave her alone. What is amazing to me is that regardless of how worn her body is and how much she complains about it, her spirit is young and when engaged in a conversation she transforms in to a little girl filled with excitement about practically everything."
These photos capture daily life around San Francisco. Suburbs in paradise and Suburbs on a collision course; babies on buses; an extraordinary view from the interstate; city streets; a ray of light. Life is not what we expect, but we can always find more than we deserve. These photos are proof of the visual riches abounding.
Advice - go to the archives, pick any date with a line under it and browse. Use the before and after arrows to move from one photo to the next.
image: Trees, Treasure Island by Jose Luis Martinez
Posted by sfenton at April 27, 2004 09:25 PMI loved your pictures my stepson is going to San Francisco for a new opportunity I won't get to see it for awhile but I can hardly wait. I would like to do a painting of the eight ball how should I handle that. I rarely sell anything but I could Identify with the picture because I have been behind the eight ball lately. Thanks for sharing such great pictures.
Mary
