timeline posted by imani , Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 12:30 AM, in Labels: freefall

so a few hours ago i received a ping from vince condicion - photographer extraordinaire. it was a great surprise and was bittersweet at the same time. he said he featured one of the photos he took of me on his facebook wall:

i remember that i have always loved this photograph, that it was one of the best in that series. photographs are synonymous to memories. and memories have this odd and haunting way of making you recollect things - conversations, laughters, how the beer bottles were clinked after one of us yelled 'kampai!,' or how we chased the sunrise just so that we can get the best out of the natural light peeping in the balcony.

i remember it has been at least about two years since this picture was taken. and oh my god a lot has unraveled. but somehow, the memory in that second, in that instance has remained after all the unraveling. and what's really good about seeing it again is that i am reminded of just how talented vince is to begin with - just how observant he is to details, or how critical he is of his subject and of himself, how passionate he is about photography and lastly...how magical it all was that he captured both the eloquence and silence of my soul in this photograph.

and as for your timeline, vince, i have no doubt there are still a lot of ideas to be hashed out, a lot of themes awaiting your grand execution, a lot of memories yet to be preserved within the lens of your undeniable gift.

to see more of vince' artistry and creativity, check this site out. cheers!