Author: Usry
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Bokeh Lights
Even though there are no specific objects to see in this image, (it’s just a field of blurry, white and colored circles of light), I still enjoy looking at it. I love the momentary settling of thoughts that occurs because I’m not asked to identify anything. There is no cognitive purchase necessary for me to…
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Rearview Mirror
My work has always been solitary and so are many of the images I create. Years ago someone described my work as being very lonely but periods of loneliness have been rare in my life. I suppose the absence of people in my images could be interpreted as a sign of loneliness but this is…
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Yellow Warehouse
I’m always drawn to corrugated steel building walls. In Guyana, it was a very common building material when I was young. Typically, it was used for the walls and roofs of small country houses occupied by the poor. The sound of rain was deafening inside of these homes.
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Street Light
As a child growing up in Guyana, I spent a lot of time watching insects buzz around beneath streets at night. On a wet winter night in Oakland, when I stare up at the street lights, there are no insects only, other lights and cameras staring back at me as if I were the insect.
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Raindrops
I love rain at night because it always seems to slow down the passage of time as I sit and wait for it to stop while simultaneously not wanting cessation.
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BART Lights
This image reminds me of the idyllic images of lights reflected on the surface of water at night. Instead, these lights, mounted to the walls of the BART track in West Oakland, are reflecting on the roof of my car.
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Oakland Moon
The crescent of a rising yellow moon sits light speckled horizon of the Oakland Hills, east of the crane and ship filled Oakland docks. I love the contrast between the cool blue lights on the left the warm red lights on the right. This was taken from a road running near the Emeryville Marina.
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Uber Lights
Even in total darkness, the textured layers of paint buildup mark the passage of time on the facade of this Oakland restaurant at night. The line of glowing white lights along the roofline, the dark rough squares in the middle, and the portion of an artist’s mural visible in the lower right corner, all catch…
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Trails
Light trail images are very easy to make so I make them frequently. I discard the vast majority of them, because unless I am in absolute control over the light, or my camera is stationary, images I like are rare. This one I kept because of the juxtaposition of the curved lines of the light…
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Right Turn Only
Sadly, the very cool, Hoza Pizza, once located next to this sign and behind the green dumpster, is now gone. I ate one of the best slices of pizza ever, here. The graffiti covered surfaces make for a very deliberate pile of chaos that I really like.
