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Worked my first fitness photo shoot 😅 Hire me

Worked my first fitness photo shoot 😅

Hire me if you want to look muscular with a hint of melancholia.

#photoshoot #fitnessphotography

Foreign Home: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2017) Fi

Foreign Home: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2017)

Finding the right words buried under two and a half decades of assimilation proved to be difficult. Perhaps it was my accent, my child-like vocabulary, or maybe everything about me was foreign to this place I thought of as home.

Being in Ho Chi Minh city after 11 years since my last visit feels different yet the same. The skyline has given birth to more towers seeking to touch the sun. Wealth has found itself in the pockets of the Vietnamese people yet has forgotten many others. Even with these progressions, much of the city has stayed the same. It’s inhabitants working day by day, to live, to provide for the future. Street vendors beginning their work before the sun wakes or never having stopped to begin with. Construction workers laboring under a feverish heat, finding solace in the brief moments of wind and rain. Citizens working well into old age, doing work meant for much younger bodies.

This place is rich in its traditions and superstitions. People having muted conversations with those that have long left the world. Hands clasped, with pulsating ember, the hopeful pray. Wishing for health, wealth, and whatever might be. I see a country with hope, hope for a future that’s better than what most experienced in the past. The hardships, turmoil, and labor that bled into the soil that grows bounty. It’s a country in search of identity and ownership, both of which have been unknown.

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#streetphotography #vietnamstreetphotography #travelphotography #photographyreel #hcmphotography #hochiminhcity #aapi #aapistory #hcmstreetphotography #vietnamphotography

Photos from another night @qna.la - PURR

Photos from another night

@qna.la - PURR

Green Lights and Cloudy Skies @drqla.jpg #music

Green Lights and Cloudy Skies

@drqla.jpg

#musicphotography #concertphotography #drqla

Happy to say Breakdown was selected for this year'

Happy to say Breakdown was selected for this year's @VietFilmFest 😁 We even made it into the announcement trailer!

#filmfestival #shortfilm #aapifilm #breakdown #asianamerican #aapifilm #vietfilmfest

@streetfever @dasbunker #streetfever #dashunker

@streetfever @dasbunker

#streetfever #dashunker #concertphotography

Go go @drqla.jpg performing at @thewhiskyagogo

Go go

@drqla.jpg performing at @thewhiskyagogo

#concertphotography #eventphotography

Hong Kong and a bit of Macau (2017) Hong Kong Ex

Hong Kong and a bit of Macau (2017)

Hong Kong Express is a photo-series explores the everyday life of the people that call Hong Kong their home. In this fast moving and densely populated city, I sought to showcase daily activities and portray beauty in that exists between moments of routine life.

#streetphotography #hongkongstreetphotography #hongkong #travelphotography #photographyreel

On the 110 Los Angeles (6.24.22) #protest #abort

On the 110

Los Angeles (6.24.22)

#protest #abortionrights #prochoice #roevwade #losangelesprotest #losangeles

I don't want this award to go to my head (figurati

I don't want this award to go to my head (figuratively at least), but it goes to the wonderful and talented team that made the project happen. Thank you to Jennielyn for helping to make it all happen with your support and insight. Michelle for coming to me with the idea to work together and designing the beautiful dresses. Steve and Angel for lending us their talents and emotions. Argel for the hard work and patience it takes to be Assistant Director. Alex for the beautiful visuals. Anghel and Kevin for your skills and knowledge and for being there since the beginning. Being gracious in working with me when I knew little to nothing about making movies. To Vivian, Khanh, and Sean for making it possible for the production to not fall apart with your hard work and support. Dash for your ethereal sounds to tie the visuals together. Miko for your violin skills. Janelyn for your talents as a make up artists. Nam for the lighting and energy. And all of you who took the time to watch and support the film. Hopefully we find a place in more festivals so there will be more opportunities for us to show you what we made together.

Finally, thank you to @vietfilmfest for the award and letting us be a part of the festivities.

#filmfestival #filmfestivalawards #awards #shortfilm #aapifilmmakers

There’s nothing more painful in life… …than

There’s nothing more painful in life…
…than having to make eye contact 😅

Scenes from Breakdown

#breakdown #discoelysium #cinema #shortfilm #aapi #aapifilm #filmmaking

Couldn’t help myself #interview #documentary #

Couldn’t help myself

#interview #documentary #videography

Find Good Light Set photo from Breakdown #setpho

Find Good Light

Set photo from Breakdown

#setphotography #shortfilm #aapifilmmakers #cinematic

Cut together a little teaser trailer for Breakdown

Cut together a little teaser trailer for Breakdown. What do you think the short film is about based on it?

With this, it'll be the last bit of stuff about Breakdown for a while. I won't be posting the short film online anytime soon since I'll be trying my luck at submitting them to film festivals. Let's see where this road goes, wish me luck!

#shortfilm #filmfestival #breakdown #aapidirectors #cinema

Worked my first fitness photo shoot 😅 Hire me

Worked my first fitness photo shoot 😅

Hire me if you want to look muscular with a hint of melancholia.

#photoshoot #fitnessphotography

I’m selling a few prints to fundraise for an upc

I’m selling a few prints to fundraise for an upcoming art show with @mata.art.gallery & @asiaphotoreview happening at @avenue50studio

The funds will be used to help pay performers, artists, and the space.

Please comment below or dm if you’re interested in donating (min $50 donation for these 12x8 inch prints).

Brick by Brick - Vietnam 2017

Tokyo Train - Japan 2016

Pachinko in the Mind - Japan 2016

Cherchez La Femme - Los Angeles 2015

Los Angeles (6.24.22) #roevwade #protest #abortio

Los Angeles (6.24.22)

#roevwade #protest #abortionrights

@streetfever @dasbunker #streetfever #dashunker

@streetfever @dasbunker

#streetfever #dashunker #concertphotography

Made a little teaser for Breakdown as I continue t

Made a little teaser for Breakdown as I continue to work on music with
@virtualperfectioncowboy

Still fine tuning the cuts and color grade. How are the colors looking so far?

Song by
@vallisalps - Young

#shortfilm #aapidirectors #cinema

Last One for the Road We wrapped production yeste

Last One for the Road

We wrapped production yesterday for Breakdown. Thank you to every last person that was involved, it has been the biggest project I’ve been involved in to date and I’m grateful to every person that brought their skills and talents to set. Would not have it through the weekend otherwise 🙃

I captured this photo in between takes. It’ll be the last one I post for bit. Going to focus on piecing the footage together.

#setphotography #shortfilm #michellehebert #dressdesign #aapifilmmakers #aapi #cinema

Breakdown Captured some photos from the first day

Breakdown

Captured some photos from the first day of filming 🙂 🌼

Technicolor City Bus driver talks on his cell pho

Technicolor City

Bus driver talks on his cell phone as he drives pass kids playing in a park.

#egypt #edfu #photography

Djembe Scares Frog by Ricky Tong #moviescore #sho

Djembe Scares Frog by Ricky Tong

#moviescore #shortfilm

Los Angeles (6.24.22) #roevwade #protest #abortio

Los Angeles (6.24.22)

#roevwade #protest #abortionrights

At a @drqla.jpg concert essentially cosplaying as

At a @drqla.jpg concert essentially cosplaying as Nathan Fielder 🤷🏻‍♂️

Quiet moments before things got loud @drqla.jpg

Quiet moments before things got loud

@drqla.jpg

When you need to film for work, but words can be p

When you need to film for work, but words can be particularly hard to the point where you no speak good.

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