Tattoo study

This photographic study was inspired by a image of a huge rattlesnake on a young
New Zealander.   What is it like to live with this and what does it mean to you?
The form follows the torso beautifully, and so becomes an elemental body portrait.
An interesting study of the outer image, and the inner expression of a young man combined.

Devine Face's of Mexico

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

Wood carving from Mainland México, on doors in Baja Ca Sur.
I love the texture and old feeling of these wood carvings...
They seem antique though they may have been carved more recently. 

There is much symbolism with Our Lady de Guadalupe.
Her shawl has the cosmic constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres.
The neck ornament show a 'flor de cuatro pétalos' which is a universal symbol
of the four directions/elements in nature, with the space element in the middle.
She is radiating light in her aura, like the sun and moon which shine.
The crown symbolizes qualities of mind and a natural noble protection.
She is pregnant with new life and is standing on a crescent new moon.
An angel child flies at her feet to hold the moon in its hands.

Santa María de Guadalupe

SIERRA DE LAGUNA BCS

Double shrine/spirit house
on the way to Santiago

Ancient White Fig Trees

Tres Vacas for a Magazine Cover

All photography by laurie pearce bauer. Prints available for sale.

Nature and Art Series

Curling Watermelon

Flores de Baja

Night Performances

Night Performances are always a challenge, even with the best equipment. 

There is sporadic light, lots of movement and I'm limited with mobility and angles to shoot from.  However, there is the spontaneous quality and excitement that happens in the moment!   Skill and luck help to make good images happen, so wish me luck!  'Return to the Light' runs through December 19th with performances in Spanish and English.

 Here is a dance performance of a creation story.

Awaking to a new world

Ant leads the way to the corn fields

Dancer in Air

Sometimes I've a hard time deciding if I like an image in color or back and white...

Actually this is a warm toned 'black and white' image, as I almost never do grayscale!

Always looks better to follow a special 'recipe' of color balance and channel paths in digital processing to find just the right balance. 

So happy to be photographing dancers again! It is a special love since in the past I was a dancer myself.  The soul and grace of movement is especially wonderful in photography. Maybe because it all goes by so fast for a viewer to absorb? Perhaps. 

Photography stops a fraction of a second with a lasting image that and looks back at you.

Looking forward to more dance work as the production photographer for a new play begins "Return of the Light".  There is a magic that happens in rehearsal time without the stress of a performance which I like... more playful and fun. Will keep you posted!

                     

Poster for Poets

New Poster Design:

 "100 Thousand Poets for Change"
With Poet Richard Denner and Friends

Full Moonrise, Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected in water

The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken

Although its light is wide and great

The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide

The whole moon and the entire sky

Are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

~Dogen