I'm pleased to share with you this video containing a splendid poem and 50 splendid artworks including mine for a collaborative art project named "Nihon Rising" concerning the Tsunami which devastated Japan this year.
The project has been initiated by the UK poet Gwylym Owen and the Japanese artist Kaoru Fukushima of Ihono Arts Group
Gwylym Owen has very well explained his project on his blog .. just check and read please, here : http://plcolabs.blogspot.com/2011/11/nihon-rising_07.html
Gwylym is a wonderful poet with who I have collaborated offering him my photographs who inspired him wonderful poems. You can check them here : http://juancarloshernandezphotographe.blogspot.com/search/label/-OWEN%20Gwylym
Thanks for watching the video directly on YouTube and to share it with your friends on your social networks
Peace
The opening is the 20th of October 2011, 6 PM. It is very close and as you can imagine, I would love to be present
Any financial help, even modest, would be SO welcome.
You can make me a donation just clicking in the "Donate" button at the top right of this web.
Of course, you can order prints of my pictures also to help me.
The actual prices are, worldwide delivery included and my photos are printed in Piezography, Fine Art Hahnemühle Photorag or Bamboo :
20x30 cm 200 US $
30x45 cm 260 US $
50x75 cm 350 US $
60x90 cm 550 US $
80x120 cm 800 US $
A call for a little help who will cost you just 2 clicks for a vote I need, clickin' here http://jazz29171.see.me/onelife2011 (top right of the page .. you can vote ONE time each 24 hours)
Be kind and don't forget please to share with your friends on your social media networks (google +, twitter, facebook, etc)
The deadline for voting is the 19th of August 2011
I'm participating to the photography competition "One Life Photos 2011" where I could win a prize
of 10 000 $ and I need this amount for a New-York jazz project I have in September.
You can help me also clickin' on this link "Donation"
Indeed, I have been invited to be the official photographer of the Cecil Taylor Benefit Festival in September and I would love to go and stay in New-York 3 weeks to live fully, musically and photographically the Jazz life.
Thanks very much for your attention and solidarity
I'm happy after seven years shooting jazz musicians here and there with passion to launch officially my first book "Estelas de Jazz" available worldwide thanks to Amazon and Barnes & Noble (directs links at the final of this post)
I have collaborated with the Spanish writer Belen Carmona Moreno who has offered her literary writings to the 123 photographs in black and white of jazz musicians across the pages.
An important detail, even if the photographs are in an universal lenguage, the texts are in spanish and you will find an example below of one the texts.
Another important detail, this book is not about stars of jazz music but it's overall a tribute to the jazz musicians that's why you will not find only photographs of stars as Ornette Coleman or Joshua Redman but also photographs of unknown or underrated musicians I admire. That's a tribute to all the jazz musicians.
Here you have one the photographs and texts included on the book. That's a photograph of the fantastic french cornettist Médéric Collignon.
"Médéric sube al cuadrilátero con paso firme y busca a su contrincante con mirada desafiante. Es heredero directo de los primeros practicantes de “Savate”, una suerte de arte marcial que tuvo sus orígenes en las peleas entre marineros, en el puerto de Marsella. Suena un golpe de campana y da comienzo el asalto. Sus pasos le llevan a bailar alrededor del ring, en una especie de sobrio ritual. El primer gancho va directo a las válvulas de su trompeta, obligando a ésta a emitir un quejido seco y profundo. Poco a poco le va ganando terreno al instrumento, hasta que éste, se rinde a sus pies convirtiéndose en esclavo del más fuerte de los púgiles. Collignon domina de tal manera que no hay melodía que se le resista y siempre acaba haciéndose con el titulo de vencedor."
Finally, please find below a promotional video with the 123 photographs of "Estelas de Jazz"
Technical details :
Paperback: 268 pages
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (June 15, 2010)
ISBN-10: 3838308743
ISBN-13: 978-3838308746
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
Musicians included on the book :
Ornette Coleman, Sheila Jordan, Eduardo Kohan, Raphael Anker, Alex Blake, Andy Milne, Elisabeth Kontomanou, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Michel Bastetm Evan Parker, François Moutin, Scott DuBois, Martial Solal, Médéric Collignon, Stefano Di Battista, Nasheet Waits, Nicolas Masson, Pete La Roca Sims, Henri Texier, Skoota Warner, Sonny Rollins, Stéphane Fisch, Susana Raya, Tom Harrell,
Stefano Saccon, Marc Copland, Thomas Morgan, Hank Roberts, Robin McKelle, Seamus Blake, Alice Perret,William Parker, Giovanni Falzone, Hilaria Kramer, Mario Pavone, Charles Lloyd, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Banz Oester, Béatrice Graf, Chris Potter, Dado Moroni, Co Streiff, Kenny Wheeler, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Denis Beuret, Steve Coleman, Jean-Yves Poupin, Bud Shank, Jason Moran, Eric McPherson, Kenny Barron, Flavio Boltro, Florence Melnotte, Guillaume Perret, Insa Rudolph, James Moody, Joe Locke, John Aram, Pascal Alba, Ken Vandermark, Lionel Loueke, Marc Ducret, Urs Leimgruber, Otomo Yoshihide, Paolo Fresu, Perry Robinson, Roy Hargrove, Peter Brotzmann, Ramon Lopez, Roberta Gambarini, Slide Hampton, Sunny Murray, Sylvie Courvoisier, Tom Rainey, Tony Malaby, Sophie Tassignon, Julie Campiche, Yael Miller, Yuri Honing, Henry Grimes, Charlie Mariano, Marc Perrenoud, Gerald Cleaver, Olivier Gatto, Camélia Ben Naceur, Lydia Filipovic, Enrico Rava, Tim Berne, Drew Gress, Matthieu Michel, Alexis Cuadrado, Ralph Alessi, Michel Portal, Rosario Bonaccorso, Jim Black, Samuel Blaser, Jacky Terrasson, Mark Helias, Mulgrew Miller, Ohad Talmor,
Tania Maria, Al Foster, Moncef Genoud, Joshua Redman, Joey Baron, Richard Bona, Wayne Escoffery, Marcos Jimenez, Peter Van Huffel, Alain Della Maestra, Evaristo Perez, Abraham Burton, Herbie Hancock, Bill Frisell, Bob Stewart, Michel Wintsch, Dave Douglas, Ernie Odoom, Cyril Moulas, Martin Wisard, Patricia Tondreau, Gabriel Zufferey
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