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Deep desert photography by Award winning photographer Leandro SanchezPhotography2012 -
A series of photographs and GIFs done in different locations of the Americas by Leandro Sanchez. No 3D is involved, all hand crafted by lights in movement at location in the middle of the night...Photography, Visual Arts2012 -
Tree's nights
Is an accumulation of photographs in the various places Leandro visits in Nature, from east to west, north and south the majestic beauty of nature persists in any environment he has travel around the globe. An ongoing collection of masterful trees in majestic nature.
All rights reserved by Studio Repertorium films NYC
you may use in blog with full credits to this blog + linksPhotography2011 -
A series of visuals done in Western USA, in the deserts of the Navajo lands, vast lands that reveal natural structures that look like palaces and castles.Photography2011 -
A series done in one of the most stellar places on earth, the Navajo lands, a jaw dropping abondance of natural beauty that leaves you frozen at times, some of these places you must walk 3 miles in at 5 Am to capture the perfect morning or evening light, hours walking in rivers, climbing and persistence to reach nature's treasures, enjoy!
this is one of 3 photo essays on this region, more will come...Photography2011 -
A series done in studio, photographing what the un-aide eye can't see, revealing what happens in a few seconds in a world we don't experience unless is photographed.Photography2011 -
Trees Rocks Desert series by photographer Leandro Sanchez Some of his most inspirational moments as a photographer for Leandro Sanchez occur while he treks solo deep into the vast Western USA desert landscape, which have resulted in his photographic series such as "Rocks" (Rocas) and "Deserts".
Technically these shoots are complicated: searing sun, flash-storms, sandy gusts, rattlesnakes, or traversing massive rocks carrying photographic equipment can be difficult obstacles - yet nature always offers a visual reward. There has never been a time for Leandro when venturing deep into nature that he has come back empty-handed...
Nature, as he says, has a magic to it - various windows of opportunity that if you are in sync with the elements and focused enough, it is possible to capture those rare images of stark, majestic beauty.
For Leandro, hours of driving, walking, and climbing through rugged desert terrain are dedicated to simply scouting for that ideal location: a particularly perfect rock, or a unique vantage point where a photograph can masterfully tell multiple tales.
For many of the visuals he captures, Leandro ventures intentionaly deep into nature - places where most likely no one has for decades or more (possibly never) set foot on "that hill, that rock"... places that obey his 1/2 rule: half a tank of gas just to go one way in on a lonely dirt road, and the other half tank left for the way out, with a car loaded in gallons and gallons of water for the trip (plus extra lest he goes beyond that 1/2 tank rule and has to hike his way out on foot in solitude).
The heat easily reaches into the 100's daily and drops 50 degrees by night - in these places a flat tire means a certain 2 or 3 day walk back to the nearest road where he might find another passing car. The risk is large in the vast desert: Leandro could not realistically change a tire on a 30-degree hill, especially when totally alone...
But where there is risk, there is gain. Nature is a rigorous teacher of discipline - the one who does not go by that discipline will suffer, and the one who respects it stands to gain much. Alone in the desert armed with nothing but a camera and a simple drug-store rattlesnake bit remedy kit (which may or may not work once put to a true life-or-death test), times can be scary yet also extremely rewarding - some of the visuals that Leandro has captured in these series are the result of these long trips of solitude - a total disconect from the comforts and constraints of modern life.
For Leandro, these are moments of bliss - being in complete solitude in the deepest of a vast searing desert, pursuing that one image that reaches the pinnacle of artistry. Plunging in the guts of the master he calls nature, Leandro recalls a moment where all was almost put to the ultimate test: in 2010 when he was fiding focus on a night time shot, stepping back into the darkness... it was a matter of mere inches as he saw for his first time a rattlesnake - it was for Leandro a moment when he realized who exactly rattles whom: nature rattles us, and that's just the order to be respected in nature. The snake would not back down and slither away - neither dust, tossed sticks, noise would work - nothing moved the serpent from near Leandro's tripod; only patience made him realize that one waits for nature - its laws are clear: we adapt to nature, not the other way around.
Clearly that knowledge paid off and several shots were achieved in that stunning moonlit night. Leandro does not look to just photograph, he looks to show the magic that surrounds us, the powerful place that we inhabit. Leandro recognizes how lucky he is to be part of such a grand voyage... At times, back in NYC while perusing his photos and color-correcting the images, Leandro alters the colors of his nature photography, like he does in his Directing work - whether there is color film rolling in the camera or B&W, he believes Nature reacts the same way. Similarly, in his digital still photography, Leandro at times alters nature's tones to make the image more vibrant to the human eye.
He photographs during the day what is clearly visible, at night what is clearly non visible to the naked eye, whether via strobes or portable lights, to illustrate the full intention of his work - he is always in search of the visuals that capture this with emotion; a marriage of technique, art and light to deliver unique visuals of what's already grand: "NATURE". Leandro is an Award winning photographer at ARTSLANT 2010 showcase bio The photographic eye of Leandro Sanchez, award winning photographer (artslant showcase 2010) has been influenced greatly by his diverse upbringing on three continents, which helped formulate his unique outlook on life as witness to 3 world cultures as well their as rich natural landscapes.
Background: Leandro was born in Venezuela at the entry of the 1970's. The grandson of a known Venezuelan political figure of the 1950's and 1960's who fought against the dictatorship and established democracy in the country, Leandro's mother's family was extradited to Cuba and then the USA/NYC as a child until her family was allowed to return to Venezuela after the dictatorship toppled. There she met Leandro's father, a chemical engineer, whose roots include a proud association to his indigenous Guajiro Indian heritage. Hence Leandro was soaking in differing political ideologies even as he was learning to speak...
Leandro moved with his family to Paris as a child while his parents attended graduate school in France, living mere blocks from the visual feast of Luxembourg garden. In Paris Leandro was immersed in French culture, civilization and language for nearly 4 years until he moved back to Venezuela at age 8.
Leandro's privileged life in Venezuela as a youth in private schools and as a culture- sponge teenager allowed him frequent trips to the USA where he learned English with his Miami cousins and where Leandro also developed a lifelong passion for New York City, his eventual home. This diverse, tri-continent lifestyle began to drive Leandro toward the questioning mind, discerning eye and his adventurous spirit that is at the core of his work. Though he came from a fortunate lifestyle, Leandro never bought into the elite mentality that prevailed in his class and time, this rather has made him battle the obvious disparities that exist in Latin American society between rich and poor.
Leandro left Venezula at 18 to return to Paris to attend University (La Sorbonne, "Cours de langue et Civilization Francaise") where he began his adult visual artistic journey - Leandro attended film school ( E.I.C.A.R) and soon began working as a scout for film and commercials in his early 20's.
Leandro would head off alone from Paris, armed only with a camera and a notepad, visually scouring France, Spain, and beyond for the best scenic locations, which helped enormously to guide his knowledge and taste for seeking out perfect light, for finding the beautiful and the unique in both nature and in civilization.
It didn't take long for Leandro's keen eye and filmic sensibilities to catapult him into the director's chair, and in his 20's Leandro began his career as a professional Director of Commercials in Paris. By 28, Leandro moved across the Atlantic to find his intellectual mate: New York City, where all cultures collide and meld in modern balance.
In Manhattan, Leandro spent his free time photographing and painting when he wasn't directing commercials on locations around the globe. Leandro was introduced to his visual spiritual mate when his wife (then his girlfriend) showed Leandro the splendor of the vast North American deserts on his birthday in 2000 while on a trip to California - even though Leandro didn't turn his professional aim fully toward photography for another 10 years, Leandro had met one of his strongest visual muses in the stark beauty of the West's deserts, and he couldn't help but aim his lens on the vast canvas of nature there.
Also along this visual trail, Leandro turned his aim toward painting, and his indigenous- inspired murals earned gallery exhibitions in NYC (TriBeCa and elsewhere in Manhattan), plus a duo show in the Miami design district participating at the Basel Art Fair in the 2005. Now Leandro's gallery showings in New York and London are featuring his unique visual photographic works (T.O.A.S.T in NYC, London's St.Bride Foundation Bridewell Theater). His photography continues to gain accolades as Leandro's work is featured not only in galleries but also in print, digital magazines, photography sites, art critics' picks and most recently the photo essay magazine LIFE Force UK, which only grabs monthly some of the top photo essays and photojournalism made around the globe.
Leandro was chosen in July 2011 to participate with his photo essay of RAMONA GARDENS, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the globe. Leandro's visual photo reportage grasped the very core of the off-limits gang culture. Whether Leandro's photographic series are portraying stark nature, social portraits, mythical creatures, cityscapes or enigmatic light/strobe painting, Leandro's visual complexity and diverse background are stunningly apparent - his rich cultural mesh continues to influence his art expansively, in his fight to show how when all forces unite, the certain result becomes pure beauty.Photography2011 -
ORBIS is a project by Leandro Sanchez done in the deepest of nature, a combination of light, timing and artistry to create visual that are other worldly. Photographer: Leandro Sanchez Light painters: Megan Sanchez-Warner & Leandro Sanchez All rights reserved by Repertorium films NYC 2010-2012 "Visual interpretations" or "Visual perceptions" are what Leandro calls his unique artistic approach, his fine art photography has an obvious contemporary feel; he utilizes the staging of theatrical situations or magical moments - his work is aimed to reveal the landscapes or atmospheres where light is not visible by the unaide eye. These situations are constructed for hours and the image is achieved when a perfect balance of light and the surreal are captured in his ethereal night photography. These often-cinematic tableaux, with their surreal scenes, are made by long exposures at times with stroboscope light or photoflash, a combination of many elements played in a balance with movement or nature to give a final staged composition. Inspired by Daguerreotype long exposures, creating at times a modern vision and approach to very long exposure photography, Leandro visually penetrates unseen light in regular conditions. Leandro dissects movement of light and forms in his work, often resulting in unique striking visuals, again elements that the unaide eye cannot see... some of Leandro's works are inspired by Harold Edgerton's MIT studies 1926-31. Leandro's inspiration is to reveal to the viewer things they cannot see in real time, or to view theatrical compositions in nature that are impossible unless a single frame captures the multiplied bodies or light. Gjon Mili is as well among Leandro's inspirations where the combination of science and art find a contemporary unique world. One of Leandro's true inspirations and influences is his Pierre et Marie Curie University-graduate father (as a Chemical Engineer) for his science approach, and his mother's artistic views as a writer and Montessori teacher - both of his parents inspired the combination of art and science that is inherent in his photography. all rights reserved by studio Repertorium films NYC 2010-2012Photography, Visual Arts, Creative Direction2011 -
Trees Rocks Desert series by photographer Leandro Sanchez Some of his most inspirational moments as a photographer for Leandro Sanchez occur while he treks solo deep into the vast Western USA desert landscape, which have resulted in his photographic series such as "Rocks" (Rocas) and "Deserts".
Technically these shoots are complicated: searing sun, flash-storms, sandy gusts, rattlesnakes, or traversing massive rocks carrying photographic equipment can be difficult obstacles - yet nature always offers a visual reward. There has never been a time for Leandro when venturing deep into nature that he has come back empty-handed...
Nature, as he says, has a magic to it - various windows of opportunity that if you are in sync with the elements and focused enough, it is possible to capture those rare images of stark, majestic beauty.
For Leandro, hours of driving, walking, and climbing through rugged desert terrain are dedicated to simply scouting for that ideal location: a particularly perfect rock, or a unique vantage point where a photograph can masterfully tell multiple tales.
For many of the visuals he captures, Leandro ventures intentionaly deep into nature - places where most likely no one has for decades or more (possibly never) set foot on "that hill, that rock"... places that obey his 1/2 rule: half a tank of gas just to go one way in on a lonely dirt road, and the other half tank left for the way out, with a car loaded in gallons and gallons of water for the trip (plus extra lest he goes beyond that 1/2 tank rule and has to hike his way out on foot in solitude).
The heat easily reaches into the 100's daily and drops 50 degrees by night - in these places a flat tire means a certain 2 or 3 day walk back to the nearest road where he might find another passing car. The risk is large in the vast desert: Leandro could not realistically change a tire on a 30-degree hill, especially when totally alone...
But where there is risk, there is gain. Nature is a rigorous teacher of discipline - the one who does not go by that discipline will suffer, and the one who respects it stands to gain much. Alone in the desert armed with nothing but a camera and a simple drug-store rattlesnake bit remedy kit (which may or may not work once put to a true life-or-death test), times can be scary yet also extremely rewarding - some of the visuals that Leandro has captured in these series are the result of these long trips of solitude - a total disconect from the comforts and constraints of modern life.
For Leandro, these are moments of bliss - being in complete solitude in the deepest of a vast searing desert, pursuing that one image that reaches the pinnacle of artistry. Plunging in the guts of the master he calls nature, Leandro recalls a moment where all was almost put to the ultimate test: in 2010 when he was fiding focus on a night time shot, stepping back into the darkness... it was a matter of mere inches as he saw for his first time a rattlesnake - it was for Leandro a moment when he realized who exactly rattles whom: nature rattles us, and that's just the order to be respected in nature. The snake would not back down and slither away - neither dust, tossed sticks, noise would work - nothing moved the serpent from near Leandro's tripod; only patience made him realize that one waits for nature - its laws are clear: we adapt to nature, not the other way around.
Clearly that knowledge paid off and several shots were achieved in that stunning moonlit night. Leandro does not look to just photograph, he looks to show the magic that surrounds us, the powerful place that we inhabit. Leandro recognizes how lucky he is to be part of such a grand voyage... At times, back in NYC while perusing his photos and color-correcting the images, Leandro alters the colors of his nature photography, like he does in his Directing work - whether there is color film rolling in the camera or B&W, he believes Nature reacts the same way. Similarly, in his digital still photography, Leandro at times alters nature's tones to make the image more vibrant to the human eye.
He photographs during the day what is clearly visible, at night what is clearly non visible to the naked eye, whether via strobes or portable lights, to illustrate the full intention of his work - he is always in search of the visuals that capture this with emotion; a marriage of technique, art and light to deliver unique visuals of what's already grand: "NATURE". Leandro is an Award winning photographer at ARTSLANT 2010 showcase bio The photographic eye of Leandro Sanchez, award winning photographer (artslant showcase 2010) has been influenced greatly by his diverse upbringing on three continents, which helped formulate his unique outlook on life as witness to 3 world cultures as well their as rich natural landscapes.
Background: Leandro was born in Venezuela at the entry of the 1970's. The grandson of a known Venezuelan political figure of the 1950's and 1960's who fought against the dictatorship and established democracy in the country, Leandro's mother's family was extradited to Cuba and then the USA/NYC as a child until her family was allowed to return to Venezuela after the dictatorship toppled. There she met Leandro's father, a chemical engineer, whose roots include a proud association to his indigenous Guajiro Indian heritage. Hence Leandro was soaking in differing political ideologies even as he was learning to speak...
Leandro moved with his family to Paris as a child while his parents attended graduate school in France, living mere blocks from the visual feast of Luxembourg garden. In Paris Leandro was immersed in French culture, civilization and language for nearly 4 years until he moved back to Venezuela at age 8.
Leandro's privileged life in Venezuela as a youth in private schools and as a culture- sponge teenager allowed him frequent trips to the USA where he learned English with his Miami cousins and where Leandro also developed a lifelong passion for New York City, his eventual home. This diverse, tri-continent lifestyle began to drive Leandro toward the questioning mind, discerning eye and his adventurous spirit that is at the core of his work. Though he came from a fortunate lifestyle, Leandro never bought into the elite mentality that prevailed in his class and time, this rather has made him battle the obvious disparities that exist in Latin American society between rich and poor.
Leandro left Venezula at 18 to return to Paris to attend University (La Sorbonne, "Cours de langue et Civilization Francaise") where he began his adult visual artistic journey - Leandro attended film school ( E.I.C.A.R) and soon began working as a scout for film and commercials in his early 20's.
Leandro would head off alone from Paris, armed only with a camera and a notepad, visually scouring France, Spain, and beyond for the best scenic locations, which helped enormously to guide his knowledge and taste for seeking out perfect light, for finding the beautiful and the unique in both nature and in civilization.
It didn't take long for Leandro's keen eye and filmic sensibilities to catapult him into the director's chair, and in his 20's Leandro began his career as a professional Director of Commercials in Paris. By 28, Leandro moved across the Atlantic to find his intellectual mate: New York City, where all cultures collide and meld in modern balance.
In Manhattan, Leandro spent his free time photographing and painting when he wasn't directing commercials on locations around the globe. Leandro was introduced to his visual spiritual mate when his wife (then his girlfriend) showed Leandro the splendor of the vast North American deserts on his birthday in 2000 while on a trip to California - even though Leandro didn't turn his professional aim fully toward photography for another 10 years, Leandro had met one of his strongest visual muses in the stark beauty of the West's deserts, and he couldn't help but aim his lens on the vast canvas of nature there.
Also along this visual trail, Leandro turned his aim toward painting, and his indigenous- inspired murals earned gallery exhibitions in NYC (TriBeCa and elsewhere in Manhattan), plus a duo show in the Miami design district participating at the Basel Art Fair in the 2005. Now Leandro's gallery showings in New York and London are featuring his unique visual photographic works (T.O.A.S.T in NYC, London's St.Bride Foundation Bridewell Theater). His photography continues to gain accolades as Leandro's work is featured not only in galleries but also in print, digital magazines, photography sites, art critics' picks and most recently the photo essay magazine LIFE Force UK, which only grabs monthly some of the top photo essays and photojournalism made around the globe.
Leandro was chosen in July 2011 to participate with his photo essay of RAMONA GARDENS, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the globe. Leandro's visual photo reportage grasped the very core of the off-limits gang culture. Whether Leandro's photographic series are portraying stark nature, social portraits, mythical creatures, cityscapes or enigmatic light/strobe painting, Leandro's visual complexity and diverse background are stunningly apparent - his rich cultural mesh continues to influence his art expansively, in his fight to show how when all forces unite, the certain result becomes pure beauty.
LINKS to selected press: http://repertoriumfilms.prosite.com/1151/selected-press LINKS to selected exhibits: http://repertoriumfilms.prosite.com/2030/selected-exhibitsPhotography, Photojournalism2011 -
A series done in Studio by Leandro Sanchez, "Luzeros" are dream/nightmare creatures invented by Leandro and produced in studio, a series of characters made of materials, light and imaginationPhotography2011 -
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The pinnacle formations you see in these photos were formed under water 100k years ago, another part of the desert that shows us some of the most ancient beautiful rock formations we see today. A magnificent place specially when covered by clouds over it.Photography2011 -
Photographing the master "NATURE"Journalism, Photography, Philosophy2011 -
This photo essay is published by LIFE FORCE MAGAZINE UK
http://www.lifeforcemagazine.com/photo-essays.htm
In February of 2011, I went with a LA friend to visit Ramona Gardens (Los Angeles, CA), a surreal place where the past seems to not leave. While being shown around the neighborhood by the locals, we realized this place has been a battlefield... every 30 feet or so our resident guides would point out who has died on which sidewalk, and they explained in detail the pain portrayed in paint on the intricate wall murals - most of them illustrate battles between police and Ramona Gardens residents, tragic shootouts and deaths. Ramona has been for a very long time one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the world.
In the photos I took that day with the permission of the elders of Big Hazard/Ramona Gardens, I portray their neighborhood, their murals, the places they hang out, their drawings, some faces and flavor of local Big Hazard members, and the new generation coming up. It was like seeing history repeating itself - some accepting the turbulent lifestyle as a given, as a path that deserves no thought but to follow the path. In many ways the sense of violent history, the war between locals and police, the feeling of abandonment and neglect by outside society is very present.
We spent a while there talking to local residents of all ages, photographing and walking around with these regular people who happen to have a vast difference in perception and life experiences than I have. I was allowed a rare insider's view, to participate and engage with them, seeing in a few hours what their day looks like and a taste of what it feels to live in the Gardens.
As you go down the street a series of codes are to be respected: car windows down, you do not drive in slow motion... these can prompt fast mistrust and fear that you could be a potential shooting car passing by. We parked on the wrong side of the street, this indicates non-obedience to the law - these little details show respect for the locals in order to be able to peek into their world.
At core, and like in any of the many places I have been around the world, the Big Hazard members are just people, many just good people at core, totally grabbed into a way of thinking that they were surrounded by since childhood, an outlook on life which any human being would have a hard time cutting ties to since this gang culture was the way of the world they saw while growing up. It's easy to see why they still live in such a tight big family, Big Hazard as they call themselves.
In some of these visuals you will see "made" members, the only ones allowed to have and display tatoos on their heads - these are the leaders; you'll see the younger ones looking for a spot of honor, and the elder members alike. The murals illustrate their paths: virgins, history, celebration, death of family members. One of my favorite visuals (although the most shocking) is of our improvised guide who showed us around and introduced us as "they're cool" to the people we ran into - in the photo he is lighting up a smokeball, what they call "smoking a cold one", in which they dip their smoke into PCP which creates a cloud of fire and smoke, the shocking part is the PCP (embalming fluid) and the relation of "smoking a cold one"... a reminder of the delicate balance between life and mortality for Big Hazard members in Ramona Gardens.
The visuals below are very rare, they will give you a view into another way of life within Los Angeles.
The full photo essay is currently published at LIFE force magazine UKGraffiti, Photography, Photojournalism2011 -
From and essay of photographs done in studio by Leandro Sanchez and his team at Studio Rpertorium films NYC.
humanitari.wordpress.com follow us for moreFine Arts, Photography2011 -
This is part of a series of visuals done by photographer Leandro Sanchez very deep in nature, each visual is a patient treat of light awaited for hours to capture the grandiosity of nature and its elements, Leandro's visuals are meant to get extremely far away places to people in cities around the world, you may start seeing some of his visuals in city walls bringing the common commuter a taste of nature.
This project and others to come are part of HUMANITARI's Nature's project, a way to bring the common in touch with the stunning reality they often are not ware exists and is theirs.Photography2011 -
A visual series based on mythical and ethereal times in history done by Leandro Sanchez from studio Repertorium films NYCFine Arts, Magic, Photography2010 -
A Series of visuals done by Leandro Sanchez deep in nature exploring this time the majestic rocks of nature and its deserts combining the perfect light and visual structures.Fine Arts, Photography, Photojournalism2011 -
One of many series elaborated in the middle of nature and treated to elevate the majestic power of nature, a photo essay by photographer Leandro Sanchez from Repertorium Films NYCFine Arts, Magic, Photography2010 -
As a continuation of Repertorium films vira"PORTRAITS" which looks into the great upcoming NYC artists, we had the chance this time to work with Artist Felix Morelo, this is a spec of his work...Drawing, Film, Street Art2011 -
4 visuals done in 3 nights in Cape Cod Woods Hole, framing theatrics and ATOMS react to light.Fine Arts, Magic, Photography2010 -
Photojournalism, Photography, Documentary2010 -
A series of visuals done by Leandro Sanchez from Repertorium films in nature, with effects done in seconds in nature.Fine Arts, Magic, Photography2010 -
A visual achieved in the deep desert by Leandro Sanchez from Repertorium films in NYC (all rights reserved 2010)
A one on one act between the master NATURE and a molecule Leandro. no aide of post production is what makes these visuals unique and simple..Fine Arts, Photography, Storytelling2010 -
Photography, Photojournalism, Film2010 -
Photography, Visual Arts, Digital Photography2010 -
Film, Fine Arts, Drawing2010 -
A series of visuals done in the the middle of the night captivating nature majestic beauty and combining our art to it...Fine Arts, Photography, Visual Arts2010 -
Photo Manipulation, Photography, Photojournalism2010 -
Fine Arts, Photography, Fashion2010 -
A video piece shot during NYC fashion week for Jen Kao's collection 2011 spring-summer collection, a visual portray of a collaboaratio between Anne Koch/Joe Mangrum creating a unique sand art runway...Advertising, Fashion, Fine Arts2010 -
Photography, Film, Art Direction2010 -
Magic on a Manhattan roof topPhotography, Art Direction, Fine Arts2010 -
A concept and collaboration via cyber space by Studio Repertorium Films NYC and Huang Zi of Kuala Lampur, Malaysia...A viral series to be continued...Art Direction, Film, Illustration2010 -
Selects from Leandro Sanchez Directing reel with agencies around the globe such as Leo Burnett, TBWA/Paris, DDB, FC, etcFilm, Production, Advertising2011
