K Sobanja

Designer, Photographer, Branding Consultant — Portland, OR

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inner chamber, chaco - One of my favorite places in the world. So peaceful here.
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Lightboy - This is just one frame of film, single exposure. No photoshop or other post.
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bright billy - and the black well
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geo - this is all on one piece of film, one bulb exposure, no photoshop, rough scan
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(alejandro de los canarios amarillos) This is just one piece of film, one bulb exposure, no photoshopping (save for small level and saturation adjustments). Old hasselblad, Zeiss 80mm.
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ale alight - lots of crawling around (on my part), and lots of holding still (on the subjects part)
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amber and furongwang on green sill
last rest - outside of Ojo Caliente, near santa fe, nm
sisterworld
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Chan Chan - Front gate of a ceremonial complex, Chan Chan, Trujillo, Peru
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Shepardess in the highlands of Cajamarca, Peru
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venitian ghost - self-portrait in venice, long-shutter single exposure on medium-format velvia at night :)
manzanas, irun, espana
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chailleann tú mé, raya, atá lán de grásta.
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stone boat, beijing - A hand-built traditional Chinese stone boat on Beijing's central Ritan park. Situated on a lake skirted by willows and oaks, with its outdoor stage thrust out over the water, this was a great place for night owls.
editorial: sports
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pond votive, wuxi china - at the base of one of the largest buddha statues in the world :)
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Windhover Hall by Santiago Calatrava - Love this architect!
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Hennepin Ave (after a summer storm)
diorama, hotel lobby, Lima, Peru
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capella, cortina italia - Found a wash of light coming through a narrow pass in the famous ski village of Cortina, Italy. Thin enough to be a dispersed prism, the light naturally fell in a sweet color gradation across the side of the church.
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this was made with a bulb exposure in a cemetery at night, swinging ten grand worth of gear around by its strapping at full velocity, running and jumping, shaking and writhing.
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piano (destroyed by savage aural hotbed) - Savage Aural Hotbed is a supremely original found-object band. Way way before STOMP and the like, these guys were sawing oil drums and shooting flame throwers. I helped them destroy a piano on stage, and this is part of the remains :)
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sun 'n peppas - late afternoon, santa fe, nm :)
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Motorcycle Thief - Oxfort St, London
angkor wat interior
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my tablas :) - These are my tablas, north Indian classical drums derived from the dholek. These were made by one of the 3 most prestigious instrument-making families in India. To listen to GOOD tabla playing, try Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu, Talvin Singh.
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snow and wind rivulets on the shore of lake superior

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