my photographs of my mother + mr. toledano (check his stuff out. for real.)

New work:

These are two pictures that i took recently while i was still photographing my mother. I looked at the work of Mr. Toledano, specifically his Days With My Father series: days with my father. The small, unfinished series that i did of my mom seemed to have almost the same direction as his series, in terms of recording the time spent with the subject, our parents. It's hard to photograph her because we live in different cities, so when i went home for the weekend i would literally follow her around with my camera and take as many pictures as i could.

My mom and i have only just begun to get along and enjoy spending time together. Photographing her was new for me. It was interesting to see my mom's daily activities, since i felt that i didn't know her very well anymore at the beginning of this semester. I realized, sometimes with horror, that we have a lot of the same mannerisms, the same reactions, and the same feeling of being desperately out of time. 

Erik Aeder

Erik Aeder is a photographer based in Hawaii, but he travels all over the world for assignments and  personal photo shoots. He has been published in many magazines, including Playboy, National Geographic, and Time. He takes a lot of pictures of people in the ocean, especially surfers. 

Here's some of his stuff:

Both of these images are from his website: erikaederphotography. The image on the top is from his "Bodies of Water" series, which is of women underwater. Some of them are a bit cheesy, but I think the colors and lighting are beautiful. The bottom image is from his travel section. I think it's a great shot, with nice composition and strong colors. Also, elephants are awesome.