...the art of shaving...

I finally completed my story on Jerry's Barber Shop. Can't wait to show it to the guys at the shop!

The Art of Shaving from Micah Escamilla on Vimeo.

...te recuerdo...

‎...en tus ojos peleaban las llamas del crepúsculo. y las hojas caían en el agua de tu alma.
- pablo neruda

...sweetnlow...

i do not eat this stuff.

...in process...

Jerry's Barber Shop, October 2010


I'm working on a multimedia piece about Jerry and his shop. It's taking me forever...because I'm a dork and decided to go home with 2hrs of audio. Every time I sit down to work on the story, I want the audio to go into a different order. Very annoying. I think, maybe, I need to just pick a path and stay on it and get it done.

Anyway, this is one of my favourite images from the story. Mostly because of that little plume from the powder. And...little Mikey is adorable :)

Hope to be done with the story in the next week or so. Crossing fingers...

...give back the black hills...

...sonya...

...

Being with him made my brain quiet.  I didn’t have to invent a thing.
Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

...muertos...

yesterday i traveled to east los angeles for a dia de los muertos procession. it was smaller and shorter than i had hoped, and ended while the sun was still shining, but it was fun and interesting. my favourite part of the day was when i overheard a man say that he had taken part of the celebration every year since his wife passed away, and he now feels closer to her. there are innumerable benefits of mourning/celebrating life among a community, rather than on your own.

i mostly shot film during the procession, but here are a few digital frames for now...

with every new latino event i experience, i fall more and more in love with the culture. really...i just need to move already. argentina. mexico. el salvador. costa rica...i just want to be surrounded by passionate spanish speakers who create delicious foods to eat, and a soundtrack that rattles my bones.