Real Life Through the Zoom Lens of Photographer Kevin Dooley

fractured life

Life is not a problem to be solved,
but a reality to be experienced.
– Soren Kierkegaard

from Newark New Jersey, King with Ridin’

“I want to create something the viewer can enjoy….
or a point in time, never to be seen again.”
– Kevin Dooley, Chandler Arizona

Real Life

Real life can be filled with promise.

real life

The Toast

Real LIfe can be filled with good friends:
laughing & talking when times are good and
holding each other up when life changes its mood.

real life

Georg’s going away party

Life can be made into art, to immortalize
our existence or to escape its reality.

Real life Van Gogh

Van Gogh – Self portrait, closeup

Life starts a new. No bias, no judgments, no hate.

real life

Arizona State Fair 2010

And life is taken away, back to which it came.

death after life

War

Life can be loud, but its melody a sweet song, nonetheless.

loud drums

Drum

Life in its intimate beauty,
exist everywhere.

life exists everywhere

Osaka Aquarium

Life gives us its wonders and we imagine it in redscale.

altered life

Redscale

But most importantly…

Life is not a problem to be figured out,
but a reality to be experienced.
– Soren Kierkegaard

experience life

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And on July 15, real life….
in a reality blog show

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Welcome to The Neighborhood

21 Comments on “Real Life Through the Zoom Lens of Photographer Kevin Dooley

  1. Nice photography. The pictures carry me along the blog post like a story would with words. I wonder why the symbol of Islam was in the midst of all those Christian crosses?

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      • Well I have several collections of different things. I would love to share them. I wouldn’t say I had a pedigree though, my sisters and brother all are very talented, as was our father, in photography. I love beauty in everything I see. Thank you!!

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    • lauramacky – Your energy soars from your words. Thank you for adding such an enthusiastic voice. So glad you are here in The Neighborhood.

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