Sorry for the long wait but I had a lot of work to do in my digital darkroom sort of speak. This is the first set of my documentation photos of the small island Bohol, Philippines. The experience of the island, the food, the culture, the people was mind blowing for me. When I got their [...]
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Bohol Philippines: B&W
Posted: May 26, 2012 in Photos, Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: Beach, boats, Bohol, Experience, Happy, Jagna, pedi cab, Philippines, smiles, transportation, Village
Bohol’s Wisdom
Posted: May 26, 2012 in Photos, Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: age, Bohol, Experience, Filipino, old, Philippines, wisdom
Mirror Image
Posted: December 1, 2011 in Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: building, image, Mirror, New jersey, Newark, reflection
Home More or Less
Posted: December 1, 2011 in Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: bum, Homeless, New jersey, Newark, unfortunate
Good Music
Posted: October 21, 2011 in Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: Good, hip hop, Love, music, R&B, Violin
Unshackled
Posted: November 10, 2010 in Q.Whitening Photos, Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: Life, mind state, perspective, photography, unshackled, views
I was Twenty-three with an attitude that could be described through the music I listened to; Gangster Rap. Rap was in entertainment’s forefront of lifestyle and I was proud to be a full fledge member of it. Then there was my daily, ghetto urban wardrobe. It consists of a wave cap with a white t-shirt [...]
Searching for Salvation
Posted: October 24, 2010 in Photos, Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: Life, Love, manhattan, photography, photos, salvation army, unfortunate
It’s funny how we can always lend a helping hand to the unfortunate of the world. But we get caught up in our own world that we don’t care, ignore, or just aren’t aware of the help we can provide to the unfortunate. We walk by them everyday as if they’re apart of the street [...]
Untitled
Posted: September 13, 2010 in Articles, Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: Life, Love, relationships, untitled
With the name of this piece I think it was quite fitting to not attach a photo to it. Relationships, let alone marriage, are probably one of the most difficult and complex pursuit to happiness we have today as humans. It takes a lot of mental, physical, and emotional work in order to make them [...]
Job Hunting
Posted: August 23, 2010 in Articles, Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: images, Life, Love, photo, photography, short stories
Wow, what a job that was, trying to keep up with her quotas and deadlines. At the end of the day, I couldn’t keep up. One day in a heated argument, she stared at me with burning eyes that could melt metal. The tone of her words had a calmness of anger only frustration could [...]
Rediscover of Downtown Newark: Lincoln Park Music Festival Finale
Posted: August 23, 2010 in Articles, Q.Whitening Photos, Q.Whitening Short StoriesTags: images, Lincoln park Music Festival, Newark, photography, photos
I grew up in Newark, New Jersey during a time when teen pregnancy was as common as a mop in your house. Single parent homes were married to drug abuse, poverty, and violence as if life was meant to be lived this way. Unfortunately, this environment was what I called home. Moments of joy was [...]




