According to Me

You Always Know How to Make Me Cry…

02.08.2012 by Mark Forman

An overcast cool winter morning. Just a few minutes before a meeting. Camera in hand I wander. Not expecting much but finding some magic waiting for me among the mundane... J Dilla - Milk Money RIP-Big Respect!

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Until the Smoke Clears…

02.04.2012 by Mark Forman

Pop, pop, pa, pa, pab, pop! The firecrackers had just gone off seconds before on "Kai Gong" the designated auspicious day for business owners to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year for their business.This was happening all along the course I walked that day. When I looked and say the light/smoke layers I knew I [...]

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Same Place , New Year

01.31.2012 by Mark Forman

Some images are fairly iconic. Lacking description you either know exactly or fairly well who the subject is or what their significance is. These monks on the Chinese Lunar New Year are the equivalent of the Salvation Army Santa's in the west. Later on he struck up a conversation with me (in Chinese which I [...]

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Lukang- A Cultural Treasure

01.26.2012 by Mark Forman

Over 20 years ago when I first came to Taiwan I was living in the main city Taipei. It was quite a trying time for me and Taipei: I was going through culture shock-moving from the US to an Asian emerging nation and also from a small city-Tucson to a much larger city: Taipei. Taipei [...]

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Year of the Dragon

01.22.2012 by Mark Forman

So this year the 2nd New Year holiday rolls around early-got to love the Lunar calendar and it's 24 stages. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. May you all find your muse and rock it! The Rolling Stones - Moonlight Mile Did you ever notice the lovely Chinese melody and feel of this great song [...]

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I Need a Catwalk

01.18.2012 by Mark Forman

I was feeling the color and edge...a little bit of cold steel...keeping fire held at bay Jimmy Smith Quartet - The Cat

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Feeling Epic

01.16.2012 by Mark Forman

Walking in the "Land of the Giants." Amazing what crouching can do for your street photo perspective. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold

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The Swimsuit Competition

01.12.2012 by Mark Forman

There's always only one winner...but many attractive non-contestants...Like R.E.M. said, "Life's Rich Pageant." Iggy pop-The Idiot-Dum Dum Boys

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Cluster

01.11.2012 by Mark Forman

First there was nothing, then a blur or a concept. It clarified and then dissolved back into the thin air it came from. Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk

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Like the Color of Her Lips…

01.06.2012 by Mark Forman

Like that famous starlet from the 40's that you stole a glance of...then vanished. Orson Welles and Hitchock both would have noticed... Without Your Love - Billie Holiday ft. Lester Young

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