It was Henri Cartier-Bresson that put into words what I feel about photography…that it was not photography itself that was my passion, but the freeing of the mind to the throes of intuition.  Looking through the viewfinder until everything is in it’s rightful place, just for that split second, is a drug that draws me back time and again.  And what determines everything is in it’s rightful place?  That is something internal…innate.  A “gut” feeling, if you will, where you not only know it in your mind but feel it throughout your core being.  As soon as I bring the camera up to my eye, everything fades away and I am enraptured with the present moment taking place in my viewfinder.  I am not just one with the camera but one with the present.

The photo above is an opposite take on the proverbial principle from the Three Wise Monkeys, “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.”  Instead of closing down and covering up, I’ve opened up and started to not only see but to observe, to not only hear but to listen, and to not only talk but to communicate.  Photography has afforded me this great practice and with it, has spilled over into every and all aspects of my life.

I hope that you can see this through my photographs and enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed capturing them.

~ Marvin

Photos published in Pasadena Star News
Photos published in Los Angeles Business Journal
Quarter finalist in Redbull Illume Photo Contest
Volunteer and Regional Organizer for Help-Portrait
Photographer for WriteGirl Organization
Photographer for DOMAINfest Conferences
Group Art Show at Cafe Metropol
Group Art Show at Untitled Gallery
Group Art Show at Atwater Art Show