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Here’s a few of my favs from a recent shoot for Shannon Honeybloom’s “Making a Family Home” book.
It’s a very interesting study that’s sort of like Deepak Chopra meets Martha Stewart.
It’s out now and you can be ordered HERE
Also, check out my brand new book on blurb based on a wild 2-month odyssey through Mexico on a motorcycle!
Hey there,
My new book is hot off the presses at Blurb! Take a sneak peek and place your order if you’re so inclined…
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/977457
It took me awhile, but I finally put together a book of my Skip Hunt Vagabond :: MEXICO 2009 Trip!
Cost is a bit steep on these books, so in order to keep my price reasonable… I edited this down to 40 pages. This includes a few stories from the trip, about 70 images, and excerpts from other stories.
I will also be putting together a more expensive and larger coffee table book that is mostly just photos from this trip with less writing. And, I will be putting together a less expensive black & white novel version with ALL of the text from the trip along with a few black and white photos for those more interested in the story than the images.
Most of the images I chose for this offering are in this video slide show: http://www.vimeo.com/7268216
This first offering is a hybrid containing many of my favorite images and some of my favorite textual excerpts. I hope you enjoy!
If you go to this link, I included a preview of the entire book. I’m not sure if that’s a good idea or not, but I know if I’m buying a book… I like to flip through the whole thing first. :-)
I just ordered my copies as soft cover with premium paper… will post how they came out as soon as they arrive.
Disfruta!
Skip
“For this show I wanted to play around a bit and experiment with abstracts. I was curious whether or not the nature of composed abstract photographic images consisting of mostly color and texture… would still hold up when sliced and dissected into individual pieces.
I found that they did in fact hold up quite well! And in some cases, portions were even stronger than the whole.
I then took the pieces and slowly dissolved them into one another to see if they held up still as a slowly moving piece set to music.”
~ © 2009 Skip Hunt :: Austin, Texas
“National Treasure” ~ New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2009 from June to August I traveled in Mexico on a motorcycle on a journey blogged @ Skip Hunt Vagabond
The journey took me into the Sacred desert region known as Huiricuta by the Huichol Indians… to major cities… strange villages that induced perpetual deja-vu… mountains, jungle, peyote & mushroom rituals… coastline… matriarchal community… and amazing winding roads all through the Sierra Madres.
These are images I made on this journey and that will also be used in a soon to be announced book.
Distruta!
© 2009 Skip Hunt
“Desperado” ~ Toluca, Mexico © 2009 Skip Hunt
Also, included in my new Calendar “Skip Hunt Vagabond :: Mexico 2009 :: Volume Seven”
“It wasn’t long before another bohemian showed up… an Argentine who turned out to have an incredible fascination with photography. I showed him the ropes of the place and told him about the farmer who comes by once a week (today) with fresh… fruits and vegetables for cheap. He didn’t know what peyote looks like or how to clean it, etc. So I agreed once again to indoctrinate my fellow would-be peyotero to how to cut a rug with Senor Mescalito.
All went well after I’d answered the hundredth question about photography and stated I’d answer just one more before we had to focus on getting our minds clear for the “ceremony”. I can’t really can’t have the kind of experience I like to when I’m functioning as a guide because I’m always looking toward the inductee and making sure they’re doing ok. They usually follow all of my advice and there’s rarely a problem. But, I try to keep my head focused on their having a great experience instead of my own. I suppose that’s my little way of “paying it forward.” ;-)
It was a great afternoon with perfect weather. The Argentine mostly wondered about making photos in the desert. When he came back to show me what he’d captured, I was blown away. All of this time I’ve spent in the desert, I never thought to focus on the main thing I was trying to avoid, i.e.. thorns. The thorns or “espinas” in Huiricuta are particularly brutal. Well hidden, and perpetually finding there way through your boot’s sole and or embedded deep in your hands and legs. Over the years, I’ve learned to keep the unwanted barbs out of my flesh, but I’d never thought to turn my lens to what I’d always feared most… the thorns! What a revelation!”
(From my Skip Hunt Vagabond travel blog)
“Espinas Ses” ~ Shot in the Sacred Huiricuta desert region of San Luis Potosi, Mexico © 2009 Skip Hunt
Also, included in my new Calendar “Skip Hunt Vagabond :: Mexico 2009 :: Muchas Espinas”
In 2009 from June to August I traveled in Mexico on a motorcycle on a journey blogged @ Skip Hunt Vagabond
The journey took me into the Sacred desert region known as Huiricuta by the Huichol Indians… to major cities… strange villages that induced perpetual deja-vu… mountains, jungle, peyote & mushroom rituals… coastline… matriarchal community… and amazing winding roads all through the Sierra Madres.
These are images I made on this journey and that will also be used in a soon to be announced book.
Distruta!
So much fun to watch how much joy children get in the midst of pure chaos with just some squirting water and a warm day. :-)
“Jugadoritos” ~ Zacatecas, Mexico © 2009 Skip Hunt
From my Skip Hunt Vagabond travel blog.
Also, included in my new Calendar “Skip Hunt Vagabond :: Mexico 2009 :: Volume Six”
At times I have to try and shut off the fact that there is so much art occurring randomly nearly everywhere I look. It gets a bit distracting and more difficult to pay any attention to all of those humans making noise for no other reason than to… well, make noise.
I think I’ll just tune them out again and keep on looking at all of the chaotic art forming naturally all around us.
This one was taken in a seedy alley on the Mexican side of the border in Nuevo Laredo. It’s a portion of wall where vatos were testing different colors of paint before apply it to their cars. By now, this spot has already been painted over and a completely new piece in it’s place. Glad I saved this one. :-)
“Mystic Derby” ~ Nuevo Laredo, Mexico © 2009 Skip Hunt
From my Skip Hunt Vagabond travel blog.
Also, included in my new Calendar “Skip Hunt Vagabond :: Mexico 2009 :: Volume Five”
“For this show I wanted to play around a bit and experiment with abstracts. I was curious whether or not the nature of composed abstract photographic images consisting of mostly color and texture… would still hold up when sliced and dissected into individual pieces.
I found that they did in fact hold up quite well! And in some cases, portions were even stronger than the whole.
The display was something I wanted to play around will as well, so I decided to slice up large abstracts into smaller pieces on a grid. I printed them and bagged each in a “specimen” acetate bag, and then used long pins similar to what you might use to do a dissection or display insects to put the entire piece back together like an assortment of butterflies making up a larger butterfly.”
~ Skip Hunt
ATTN: The display will be up for the entire month of October, so stop by and let me know what you think about it. There will not be any reception. This is just an announcement to invite folks to stop by and take a look at the work. :-)
Disfruta!
Skip Hunt :: Austin, Texas
One person wondered if the different colors of the brightly painted houses in Mexico coincide with the personality of the family inside. I like to think it does. :-)
“Toy Box” ~ Zacatecas, Mexico © 2009 Skip Hunt
From my Skip Hunt Vagabond travel blog.
Also, included in my new Calendar “Skip Hunt Vagabond :: Mexico 2009 :: Volume Four”
I’m happy with this image, but it also reminds me of how I can’t seem to just enjoy a moment. Instead of just standing there… taking in the “magic”… I walked up, analyzed the light, saw the first shot in front of me, but also …saw the boat about to cross the sun’s reflection. In a fraction… I had this shot.
I’ve tried not taking a camera with me so that I can just enjoy the moments as they come. However, that doesn’t work. Even without a camera I’m thinking of what I’d be doing if I had a camera. ;-)
“Twofer” ~ Barra de Navidad, Mexico © 2009 Skip Hunt
From my Skip Hunt Vagabond travel blog.
Also, included in my new Calendar “Skip Hunt Vagabond :: Mexico 2009 :: Volume Three”
