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Art & Adventure with PJ Ortiz Luis

The online portfolio of Pacifico "PJ" Ortiz Luis, a storyteller utilizing different mediums of art including film photography, dance, and performance poetry.

Concert for the Sun

This is a work in progress, for a collection I have started shooting tentatively titled "Concert for the Sun"....It is a metaphorical stage show being put on, where the only member in the audience is the sun.  It will be an ongoing photonarrative of utilizing different theatrical devices for live shows converted into still photography.  This includes but is not limited to:  breaking the 4th wall, soliloquy, and audience participation...where the only member in the audience is the sun.

Mercury Ballerina

Photos from my first underwater portrait shoot with the Nikonos V are in, featuring the Metal Ballerina herself.  Please check out her website to see more of her work. 

This is the first in the series of photos for a long term project I am pursuing.  The title and concept is still a work in progress.

Masters of Space and Time - Quincy

From present time to a fortnight ago, I time traveled 3 hours into the future.  Who knew 3 hours could make such a big difference?  What we stumbled into was the ruins of a lost culture.  Desolate and beautiful at the same time, we overlooked the metropolis out in the distance while being tickled by the wild brush germinating beneath our feet.  The gigantic stone structures were decorated with hieroglpyhics.  And golden fish swam freely in the isolated ponds.

Big Mamma Jamma Panorama-rama

Lately, I've had the urge to shoot panoramic oceanscapes.  I'm still trying to find a good "true" panoramic" 35mm film camera, that doesn't break the bank.  My eventual goal with this would be to build an underwater housing for panoramics in the ocean.  

But for now....here are panoramic oceanscapes, up on the shore where they work all day
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