words i need to b reminded of...
"You need more control of light and color. Get it right in the camera, not in Photoshop. Silks, scrims, flags, and reflectors are your friends. Pay more attention to your camera's light meter."
i WILL overcome!
i believe art can change the world. let's make a difference. i'm tryna do work that looks like no other. i've done magazines, album & book covers, but my current passion is fine art.
i'm lookin 4 imaginative, experimental, easy 2 work w/, uninhibited, reliable, ethnic models of every gender, shape & size. i specialize in bringin out the beauty most folks dont see in themselves.
i'm currently workin in natural light. god's illumination on Black skin is magnificent 2 me. i'm very open 2 trades & workin w/ new/aspiring models. lets make beautiful art 2gether...
Black people need 2 see images of ourselves w/ humanity. women beautiful regardless of size, shape or complexion. men strong, sensitive & loving. parents & children caring & happy. couples in love in warm intimate moments. us as lovers, sensual & sexy but not nasty even when we're nasty. this is not 2 say that other folks dont need 2 see themselves in certain ways. but, i dont know those ways. i DO know how my folks r being fooled by & misrepresented in arts & media. & i DO know how its affecting us. so, all the work i do is in the intention of combatting that.
i've been considering lately doing images of other folks, i can say they r not my immediate priority, tho.
i can b reached @ saddikhali@yahoo.com or myspace.com/saddikhali
if u r not sure about ur interest in working w/ me, do NOT schedule a session. inquiries r welcome. flaky models should b shot. dont 4get 2 check out my other page, saddi-rotica mm# 737609
&saddi khali's believes art can change the world. he photographs the beauty in everyday people, the miracles in the mundane, w/ careful sensitivity & passion. saddi's images have been published in magazines like Essence & books like random house's "Triksta" & "Be a Father to your Child" & his portraiture is sought after by recording artists, dance companies & private commissioners, worldwide. khali owns & operates Breath of Art, a culturally competent greeting card company & Medicine Media, an organization existing to create & promote healthier images of people of color in the media.
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDIT
2009 Essence magazine march & may issues
2008 Olive Dance Theatre's JumpStart Residency
2008 UCLA's Transforming the Culture of Conflict Through the Body
2006 Blue Man Group Vortex Art Competition press/promotional images
2006 “UPROOTED: The Katrina Project’s” theater show
press/promotional materials and handbill image
2006 “Images of a Sista” curated by Alicia Neal, showing four fine art
images in the exhibit
2006 “Getting Money” by D Boys UTP recording artists CD cover
2005 “TRIKSTA- Life & Death and New Orleans Rap” Random
House book cover
2005 “Love, Sex and Other Stuff” a choreopoem by James Chapmyn
and Chapmyn Spoken Word theater company press/promotional,
handbill and background images
2005 “New Orleans’ Savior” by K. Gates CD cover & NOgator.com
website images
2005 Kunflama Boutique runway show
2005 N.O. Council on Aging brochure images events
2005 “Cognition” by Thunda CD cover
2005 “Still Searchin’” by Tondrae CD cover
2004 “Oh Na Nay, Black: The Real Mardi Gras” by Chiquita Simms
New Orleans Data News Weekly article
2004 Impulss website images -
www.impulss.net
2004 Coca Cola Essence Festival (Burrell Agency)
