I strongly believe that stained glass is an unlimited expressive and virtually unexplored technical medium–
The drugs were rampant, abandoned buildings were everywhere, it was hard to get jobs, and I was capturing an immigrant society who was trying to cope and survive in a new location that was often unwelcoming and sometimes hostile.
Much like poverty, the problem of obesity is not just the fault of the individual, it is a problem of society. Changes need to be made.
I have never considered myself political or had much social commentary, but in hindsight, all my work was political and social commentary.
I have always wanted to be able to illustrate more than one side of a body in the same photograph in a seamless manner that made it look natural and real.
We want to change the consciousness of the public and how they think of the brain.
I begin to think that there is no way out of the painting, want to scrap it and then I push myself to continue and somehow as if by accident or chance they appear.
I believe we are not black nor white, not even grey, but we are a very complicated mix of good, bad, darkness and light
photography has started to be consumed more rapidly in social media which has become a visual dump
I got to know each person I photographed before I ever took out the camera. Establishing true friendships and immersing myself in the culture was deeply important to me.
In my photos I am often trying to represent a parallel universe, my universe, where the core part of my mind and hearth reside.
I’m enamored with the idea of weightlessness and flight. ‘Omar Robles’
