Look Ma, No Gravity!

                                                         Model: Grace

Daily Inspiration 16> Unlocking the Truth.... These kids are Fucking Awesome

Happiness

Angel Eyes

"Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them"  -Owen Meredith

I first met Mary McCall about five years ago while delivering two mix media paintings that her dad had purchased from me. She couldn't have been any older then 9 or 10 at the time, yet she saw almost all those subtle nuances in the pieces I wanted most adults to see. Not only was she amazing smart, but she had to have had some of the biggest eyes I'd ever seen. I knew then that I wanted to photograph her. I just never thought it would take five years before I did so. Luckily for me that as much as she has grown into a beautiful young lady, she has yet to caught up with her eyes.

Portrait: Mary McCall Leland, June 6, 2013

VISUAL HAPPINESS> Henri-Georges Clouzot/ "L'enfer" (lighting effect) 1964

In a world that everyone with a camera thinks they're a professional photographer simply because they can apply a filter in Instagram, it nice to come across just good old fashion concept and lighting. I'm loving this right now!  



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To Be Sexy or Not to Be? That is the Question.

I see myself as Sexy. If you are comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing.  -Aaliyah

The first time I showed my fashion portfolio to my family, I remember my mom and my grandmother hurrying up to close the book as if it was the filthiest pornography ever. It was kinda the way the guy in Barnes and Noble does when he's torn the plastic off a Hustler magazine and a an employee walks by and stares at him. Funny enough at the time there wasn't a single image in my portfolio that included nudity, with the exception of an topless photograph in which the model used her arms and hair to completely cover herself. It was from that simple response of my family that I knew I was officially in the bible belt; and in the bible belt your naked if you're showing to much of your ankles.

I few weeks ago I asked a very pretty 18 year ago Grace Mayo if she'd be interested in posing for a few images. The photographs wouldn't be anything revealing, just a few B&W images for a fine art series, and a few simple portraits for her time. The outfits she wore were nothing provocative, in fact 2 of the 3 outfits she's worn before in her facebook profile pics, so I really thought nothing of it. Imagine my surprise at the outrage of some of the women I showed the image to; and my confusion toward the responses at first thinking, "she looks good doesn't she?" I had shot much younger girls in much less with their parents sitting in the room, and not once did they say, I can't believe you shot her that way? Unless of coarse it was meant as a compliment. So why is it that this young adult is afraid to put this image up on her face book page? If anyone has an opinion I'd love to hear. But, then again this is the bible belt! Maybe God only knows!

Thanks for being a good sport Grace! Next time I'll have you ware a turtleneck! 

She Presented Her Feminine with Flowers.

A little over a year ago I had the opportunity of house setting a beautiful old home for my friend Carol Quigless. She was excited to be relocating to the mountains of Virginia and needed someone to watch over the place while she was in the processing of trying to sale. The house was build in the late 1800's and had since been somewhat modernize with the exception of one of the upstairs bedrooms. The room had the most amazing old flowered wall paper which most would consider old fashion, but it made the perfect back drop for taking a few portraits against. During my last few months in the house I began taking images of everyday women with the hopes of turning them into a portrait series. However, the series was cut short when I was informed of a young couples interest in the house. Here are a few of the images below. Enjoy.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Special thanks to: Kasey, Eleanor, Laura, Pat, Alice, Erin, Anna Vaughn, Sadie, Sarai, and Maureen. Your time and patients is greatly appreciated.

Tales of a Unknown Aviator takes flight!!!

Guess who was mentioned in the Huffington Post this week. That's right, I'm sort of a big deal! 
Check the out the link below to read the article with friend and collaborative partner Julian Hibbard.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/28/julian-hibbard_n_1533930.html

Daily Inspiration 15> Flying Lotus: Kill your coworkers

This video has made me so happy today. It's one of the most disturbingly beautiful videos I've seen in a long time. Enjoy!

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Visual Happiness> Tai Chi Masters

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Trembled Blossoms> James Jean Prada short film

“Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson



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Daily Inspiration 14>Public Image/Street Knowledge 2/Autumn+Winter Collection

I came across this video a few minutes ago! The concept alone has inspire me tonight. The visuals great, the music Ri-damn-diculous!!!

Directed/Filmed/Edited> Rikki Kasso

Produced>Ryujiro Tamaki

Artist Link: www.public-image.jp/

Enjoy
Demetrious

Inspiration>The Sophia Baphomet Mix Cd:Original drawing by Lance Mcbride

"A modest man is usually admired- if people ever hear of him. -Edgar Watson Howe



The thing I love most about receiving a Sophia Baphomet Mix is not always as much the music as it is the art work. Although the mix itself is one for the record books, I'm happier that I'm receiving a one of a kind Lance Mcbride drawing. He might not see it, but I do! Thank you brutha for everything, especially the ticket! You have know idea what a gesture like that means. It's time to create some amazing shit! See you soon!

-Demetrious

All Hail the Watermelon King!!!

"Where you have a plot of land, however small , plant a garden. Staying close to the soil is good for the Soul." -Spencer W. Kimball

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. -Chinese Proverb





It's amazing how many things we're capable of doing if we only tried. Since being in North Carolina I've learned that I'm much more then just a photographer and artist. I'm also a Designer, Screen-printer, Carpenter, Plumber, Commercial Roofer, I would say master Soul Food Chef (that's right... MASTER SOUL FOOD CHEF) and now Watermelon farmer.

In earlier May I decided to start a garden with my grandfather. Being that the farmers who rented the land last year had such poor results with their crops, they decided not to plant anything this year leaving the whole field for us. Compared to most of the farmers in the area our garden is small, but being that it's a little more then half an acre it's larger then most gardens in the area. Most of our crops consist of watermelons, cantaloupes, tomatoes, greens, peppers, and squash.

Being that the season has been so dry and with such little rain fall we had begun to think that our garden wouldn't produce any crops. WRONG!!! WRONG!!! This past friday around 5:00a.m we decided to pick a few of the larger watermelons to test for sweetness and to try and sell. We ended up leaving with about 70 of the sweetest watermelons ever, the largest of the batch weighing about 40 pounds. They were all sold before noon!! This morning we picked our second batch of 45 melons with the largest weighing about 50 pounds. It's funny that one of the farmers who passed on the land stop by while we were pulling this morning. He couldn't believe the crops that we had produced. As he walked away disappointed that he'd passed up the land, my grandfather looks at me and laughs, he then says "hey, don't that fool know I'm the Watermelon King"?! I had to laugh because I guess that would make me the Watermelon Grand Prince.

Thanks for showing me how pop! It means more then you know!

Demetrious (aka The Grand Prince)

Model Planes 1915-1945: Photographers Julian Hibbard and Demetrious Noble

For the last few months I've had the pleasure of working with friend and fellow photographer Julian Hibbard on a collaborative project that began years ago with an elderly Chilean artist and his hand-assembled, model planes. Below are samples and a brief description of the project.




This ongoing project documents an extensive collection of small scale, one-off, hand-assembled, model planes, made by an elderly Chilean artist. All the planes are from the WWI & II period and are fashioned by him using only found materials. Like objects glimpsed in a dream, the planes are photographed and then treated in a way that blurs the line between being "real" and being a "model". Seen as a whole, the collection speaks of time, history, nostalgia, memory, courage and conflict.

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To view more click here: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Model-Planes-1914-1945/542158

Daily Inspiration 13>Birds on a wire

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

Jordan Maxwell: Uniform Commercial Code!

I came across Jordan Maxwell a few years ago. Interesting guy!



Noble

Photographer: Garmonique

Loving These!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Demetrious

Video Journal Entry 1: Weapons Training

“I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.” -Ty Cobb



“Let an opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let an opponent smash into your flesh and you fracture his bone; let an opponent fracture your bone and you take his life! Do not be concerned with your escaping safely; lay your life before him!” -Bruce Lee

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Daily Inspiration 12>Peter Bjorn & John: Nothing to Worry About

Peter Bjorn and John’s video for their single, “Nothing to Worry About” is a prime example of the Japanese adopting another culture and making it that much more interesting. Directed by Andreas and Filip Nilsson, the video showcases the booming Greaser and Rockabilly culture in Japan through a gang of rockabilly break dancers. Enjoy!



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HAARP IN IRAN

"When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but the sake of defending those that do". -William Blake



My ongoing search for the truth continues. You judge!!!

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