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saint ricky
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patron saint to hedonists of all walks

📸: @ricardojsantiago

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this is just for me but RLY happy with how this turned out
January 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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i think these two are mine. Pentax 645Z
December 27, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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my two moods (i am gay and bipolar)
December 11, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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“the devil sells prada”

NYFW24

Location:
Sony Music Hall

Equipment:
Sony a7r II
Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3

photographed by me

#photography #fashion #model #nyfw #runway #art #bodies
December 7, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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here’s a few more. These are all from my phone — I left my camera at the hotel
December 6, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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god i love ART

left: Kara Walker’s “Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine)”

right: Amy Sherald’s “Breonna Taylor”

more context in alt

#art #karawalker #amysherald #sfmoma #moma #sanfrancisco
This is from Kara Walker’s installation “Fortuna and the Immortality Garden (Machine)” at the SF MoMa. There are 4 distinct sections in the exhibit, the first being Fortuna herself, positioned in the back at the very right of the frame — an impossibly tall female figure standing near the base of the stairs, twisting to look at you and dropping little fortunes as you walk by. Mine fell out as half a word, but my friend got “you are not the protagonist.” Prominently pictured is the immortality garden, or the majority of it. A placard close by states that the obsidian in which the figures are situated in was chosen for its cleansing quality, and the six (6!) unique figures are themselves programmed with unique motions. The hand to the right is part of a larger robed figure who, as he raises his arms, also lifts the child animatronic placed in the center. Her feet kick on occasion, but most of the time it seemed as though she was a limp body being thrown in the air. To the left of that scene, from this view, another figure of a woman in a bodice-less dress has bells attached to her arms and, as she moves her arms and torso, the bells jingle. The three non-pictured are a woman, man, and a child — the woman plucks strings from within her stomach, the man holds a bell in his arm, and the child stares forward with a doll in her hand. Also not pictured is the back of the installation, a separate garden where one of the figures bends down to try and pick up the arms that have fallen off of his body. The last section, pictured behind the bell-woman-figure, shows different sculptures that relate stylistically to the gallery — though, to me, I felt like they were the “work in progress” pieces that eventually inspired/led to the final installation. I love Kara Walker. Like a lot. Her work is terrifying and inspiring and hopeful all at the same time, and this felt like the ritual — as if all her pieces were always going to lead to this gallery. Uniquely incredible work. Two young boys sit in front of Amy Shepard’s “Breonna Taylor.” The titular Breonna Taylor stands in a teal dress in front of a beautiful and serene lighter teal background. In the next room over was the official portrait of Michelle Obama, and directly in front of Breonna Taylor was a “wizard of oz”-esque painting of a woman on her bike in front of a sea of sunflowers: the framing of the gallery completely redefined the Breonna Taylor piece for me — we can talk all day about Shepard’s technique and her ability to render texture on fabric and her choice of color, but that would be kind of missing the point, no? The Breonna Taylor piece is both a remembrance and a celebration, an invitation to honor her as she truly is: a sister, a daughter, and a friend. To define her solely by her tragic end is to murder her again. Here, we see a woman, posed and powerful, looking directly at the viewer. Her expression didn’t feel confrontational, nor welcoming necessarily (I read the gaze as frustrated or resolute) but nonetheless it is distinct from the mainstream portrayal.
December 6, 2024 at 7:42 AM
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“why do you choose to move?”

NYFW24

Location:
Sony Music Hall

Equipment:
Sony a7r II
Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3

photographed by me

#photography #fashion #model #nyfw #runway #art #bodies #runway
Left: Model in pink/fuschia dress whips her head around on the runway; the motion of her hair and the movement itself obscures her face Right: Model spins, hands grabbing either end of the dress for a dramatic feel. Her face is cut off from the photo
December 6, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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“downhill, into a lullaby”

NYFW24

Location:
Sony Music Hall

Equipment:
Sony a7r II
Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3

photographed by me

#photography #fashion #model #nyfw #wedding #runway
Left: A model in a black cutoff dress stands in front of a sea of photographers Right: The model stands in the dark, only the very edge of her body lit by the stagelights
December 4, 2024 at 5:12 AM
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“pale spectator takes photographs”

NYFW24

Location:
Sony Music Hall

Equipment:
Sony a7r II
Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3

photographed by me

#photography #fashion #model #nyfw #wedding #runway
Left: A woman in a white wedding dress, pearls hanging from her chest, left arm placed at her side, stares directly at the camera; another woman in a red dress stands on the right side, facing away from the camera with her right arm on her hip. Right: Close up of the previous woman’s torso, highlighting the details on the garment; the soft folds of a white-cream wedding dress, the pearls adorning her chest and waist — in her right arm she holds a bouquet of fresh cut white and pink roses.
December 1, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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“i showed you a body”

NYFW24

Location:
Sony Music Hall

Equipment:
Sony a7r II
Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3

photographed by me

#photography #fashion #model #nyfw
December 1, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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“remember and hold me”

NYFW24 #photography

Location:
Sony Music Hall

Equipment:
Sony a7r II
Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3

photographed by me
November 30, 2024 at 4:01 AM
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someone remind me: what’s for sale at new york fashion week?

📸 📷

NYFW24 Photography

Collection: BODIES
Location: Sony Music Hall
Equipment: Sony A7r, Sigma 100-400 f/5-6.3
Photo of an out of focus model in a baby blue (almost white) armless body suit, standing in front of photographers at new york fashion week. Overlaid is text that says: “BODIES.” Inside the “O” of bodies it reads: “someone remind me: what’s for sale at new york fashion week?”. At the top is the photographer credit, “Ricardo Santiago.” Left: Model twirls her mustard dress in front of a pure black background. Right: Model poses with the dress in such a way it looks like a single piece of fabric draped over her entire body in front of a pure black background. Left: Model begins her onstage outfit change, faceless hands tugging at the clasps and buttons holding the outfit together. Right: Same model as before stands nearly naked on stage, a single stage light (positioned above and almost behind her) illuminates her left half. Left: Model in pearl lined wedding dress stares at the camera while a woman in red poses behind her and faces away; light leaks through from the top of frame. Right: Same model, but focused on the details of the dress; pearls hang at the waist, white fabric clinging to her body while she holds tight on a fresh bouquet of flowers.
November 28, 2024 at 6:02 AM
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blood from a deep cut

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during this shoot, a friend (and one of the videographers) told me to put my camera down because "some shots are just for us," and i think it's something I'm gonna think about for the rest of my life
Early morning light leaks through the canyon's deep ravine, bathing the edges of the left wall in a deep red tone
December 13, 2023 at 3:36 AM
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there is so little light from the warmth of the sun

📍 Big Bend Ranch State Park

📷 Sony a7r + Sigma 85mm

📸 f/5.6 + 1/160 + ISO 50
Mountains tower over a rural highway, which itself cuts across a desert landscape somewhere near the Mexican-American border. Fog looms in the distance and renders teal the early morning light, casting off colored shadows that rob the natural presence of yellows and greens.
December 6, 2023 at 6:27 PM
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The Oasis

Big Bend Ranch State Park | Nov '23

Photography Gear
a7r II
50mm / 300mm macro / 70-200mm
Urth ND + UV

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two yellow flowers sit among white flowers, in a sea of green leaves and yellowed stems An Orb Weaver spider sits on its web A wasp, dimly illuminated by a ray of sun, sits on a bed of ferns Two yellow trumpet-shaped elder flowers hang from a dying stem
December 4, 2023 at 9:15 PM
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Shot my sister's engagement photos in this vintage, not-my-normal-style style and I'm OBSESSED with how they came out. The topo chico bottle is a paid actor

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Photography Gear:

Sony a7r II
Canon '78 50mm F1.4
CTO gel in front of lens to create streaks and halation across the image practically
A couple standing in front of a Jewelry shop in downtown Austin, streaks cut across the image from the bottom left to near top right corner Sony a7r II Canon '78 50mm F1.4 CTO gel in front of lens to create streaks and halation across the image practically Woman holding a topo chico bottle. Sony a7r II Canon '78 50mm F1.4 CTO gel in front of lens to create streaks and halation across the image practically Woman resting her head on a man's shoulder, staring directly at the camera. He stares off into the distance. Sony a7r II Canon '78 50mm F1.4 CTO gel in front of lens to create streaks and halation across the image practically A couple walks in front of a large protestant church in downtown Austin. Sony a7r II Canon '78 50mm F1.4 CTO gel in front of lens to create streaks and halation across the image practically
November 25, 2023 at 9:41 PM
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SPF 3000

Annular Eclipse 2023 | Hondo, TX

specs

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a7r II | 200mm EF (with 2x Teleconverter stacked on top of metabones adapter) | NiSi ND100000 -16.6ev

1/2s | ISO 50 | f/64

(for the nerds out there, my camera is letting in 1/55850 of the light we would expect during a sunny day)
Picture of the October eclipse in South Texas, right before the point of annularity — slight beading is visible at the point where the moon meets the solar ring. Clouds mark the sky and three power lines cross the frame, two below and one above the view of the eclipse.
October 16, 2023 at 8:20 PM