Photography | Inter-Connecting-Circles

A crumpled towel lies on a sandy beach like a shroud worn over a body washed out to sea, lost to fish and eternity. Next to it rests a toy activator tool for turning sand and building castles, like dreams to be carried away with tides. Driftwood sits there, too, battered and broken by its […]

Searching For Shangri-La

By Peter Wowkowych

This series of photographs provide a glimpse into various auspicious aspects of Tibetan culture, from the rigor of Philosophical Debate, to the daily ritual of Attending Temple, to the cleansing of the sacred Tibetan Buddhist Manuscripts. “Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable.” ― Dalai Lama XIV

Ocean Poem

By Michael Smith

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Seeing Homelessness

By Daniel Danzig

We walk past or around homeless persons every day on the sidewalks of Oakland and San Francisco. Along our city streets and through freeway underpasses we carefully drive past ramshackle homeless encampments. Some of my images are made from the perspective of a casual passerby. Those photographs show people sleeping or lying on the street under blankets, newspapers, or nothing at all. They are anonymous, faceless, not so much people, as “a social issue.” Other photographs are made from the perspective of a seeker. Those images (and conversations) attempt at understanding and a desire to see those who are without homes (or adequate food, clothing, health care, or employment) as persons possessing innate human dignity, with hopes and dreams, not unlike that casual passerby or more importantly, the photographer himself. Click on images to enlarge.