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nepal

the itch…

August 14, 2009

…the itch to travel. to move. to verb. to feel incredibly uncomfortable and sick. to see/feel your surroundings but be unable to comprehend them. to love yourself for politely making an everyday occurrence successful. to feel good lost. to disappear into an unfamiliar sea. to answer questions with questions. to walk. to watch. to try [...]

Introducing to you…

September 4, 2008

My portfolio is as complete as it will get for now…Please check it out @ eyeini.  Also, I have two new stories filled with pictures from the Village I lived in while in Nepal.  Enjoy!  Any questions, comments, concerns, critiques are certainly welcome! rc {at} eyeini.com p.s.  stay tuned: i have two more stories coming.  [...]

May 27, 2008

Boudha boredom…

May 23, 2008

..it’s a good thing.  I haven’t done much.  Not many pictures, not much Guumny (travelling/touring), not much of anything.  Relaxation at it’s finest -  waking up to tibetan gongs, horns, and chants at the neighboring monastery makes me vicariously on the path to enlightenment, right? its probably as close as I’ll ever be.  Anywho,  I [...]

Tibetans pray for Chinese earthquake victims….

May 18, 2008

I will not speak of irony because I’m not really sure what it is but….during the prayer service it started to rain, making the butter lamps literally explode.  sometimes you just cant win…

i’m back (sorta)

May 11, 2008

I apologize for this site being down, it was too much to deal with while in the mountains.  I am currently in Pokhara for a night and then I head back to the hills for 2 days then back to Kathmandu. Next, in Kathmandu, I am going to hang out at the Chinese embassy and [...]

I currently live here….

April 16, 2008

and these are some of my new sati’s…

I’m Out….

March 28, 2008

…to Pokhara – live it up, catch a refreshing drunk, swim in a big lake, hang out with some new friends; vacation. To the countryside near Pokhara – live with a farmer for at least a few weeks, see what his life is like, take pictures, escape technology/pollution, figure out what I am going to [...]

Holi….

March 22, 2008

 Or called the Festival of Color, it’s a holiday celebrated all over Nepal and India. Everyone stands on their roof and throws dyed water on any one down in the street or from roof to roof. Fortunately, my house has one of the higher roofs around, making me the champion of Holi (hence the crappy [...]

Lok Chitrakar – painter/all around nice guy.

March 22, 2008

Through working on this catalog I was introduced to Lok Chitrakar, one of the most established artists in Nepal for painting Paubhas. He’s a super chill dude, and his studio exudes peace (if peace is even possibly exuded). The kind of studio that has soft light coming through big windows with white drapes, a courtyard [...]

Yet another catalog…

March 22, 2008

Brand: red-head caucasian Style: Nepali Appliance: Washing Machine

March 14, 2008

An interesting week, I found out that paying a program to place me in an internship is totally worthless and a waste of money. The Rising Nepal was a waste of time because they are jaded maoists, so I found myself my own internship at the Himalayan Times to cover the elections. I subsequently found [...]

Even more street kid photos.

March 14, 2008

Pauva Paintings.

March 14, 2008

This style of painting is what I am helping to promote for the National Heritage Society.  All are invited, March 28 at the Kathmandu Guest House, 4:30pm.  Be there or be square. This work is copyrighted by the artist, so dont steal it.  My watermark is only there for that reason (and i dont know [...]

Street Kids of Kathmandu…

March 7, 2008

I’ve been working on a photo story on the street children of Katmandu, but, now, I quit. Because: a. I haven’t seen the kids I want to shoot for a while. B. I don’t know Nepali, making it impossible for any type of cooperation/coordination and I can’t afford/waste the time of a translator indefinitely. C. [...]

The West is not only a bully; we are a bad influence.

March 7, 2008

Shadib, my Nepali tutor, says “they wear the jeans, they wear the mini skirts and give their parents big headache, isn’t it?” (He probably didn’t say “isn’t it” in this case, but he certainly always does. It is this or that, eesn’t it.). “One day a young guy has one lady, and another day, another [...]

Lord Shiva’s Birthday…

March 7, 2008

In celebrations of Lord Shiva’s birthday Hindu’s get super crazy. Everyone congregates in a place called Pashupati, and smokes SOOOO much ganja. Holy men are just passing the silly stuff out, it’s a lot of fun. Then, sufficiently stoned, mobs of men chase around the crazy holy men, that are pretty much naked and smoking [...]

Bouda – Round II

March 7, 2008

These were taken during a Tibetan Buddhist old age ceremony. The chanting is unbelievable! Also, I hooked up with my new homie Tashi, a lama/teacher at Kapan monastry, and he gave the OK for me to follow him around for a few days and document a small piece of his life. dope.

Fucking disaster….

March 5, 2008

well all my posts have been deleted. Beautifully, Google saves all old web pages, so the re-do process won’t be too bad. a few days and things should be back to normal…..grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr *shaking fist at all technology for the useless attachments it creates between it and humans*

Bhoda – Tibetan neighborhood of Kathmandu

February 28, 2008

  Because of the new hater mail, I refrained from relaying any stories about being mugged by monks, my conversations with a head monk about Leonardo Da Vinci, or how absolutely true the supposed cliché about the utter tranquility around these beautiful people is. I withheld these said stores because I feel this reader, having [...]