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    Name: stephen lebovits Age: 56
    Username: pikls
    		 Gender: M
    Type: Registered User Location: montreal & tokyo
    Cameras: Nikon D70
    Nikon D70s
    		 Lenses: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
    Nikon AF Nikkor 35mm f/2.0D
    Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
    Registered: Dec. 21st 2004
    Contact: slebovits@gmail.com
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    URL: http://www.brokenfotografy.smugmug.com
    Biography: Hi there,

    I call my work 'brokenfotografy' quite simply because:

    A/to ‘break’ has many meaning: to disobey a rule or law, to escape from restraint, to happen to turn out in a particular way, discontinuity in something and/or an unexpected opportunity that allows achievement.

    This is how I now live and also how I choose to create.


    TIMELINE:

    In the summer of ’91 I ‘broke away’ from my family for the first time to run free and amok across Europe with friends. Upon returning I ‘broke with’ my past for no longer was I myopically local, but rather broadmindedly global. And the rest of my life has followed suit.

    I ‘broke off’ the relations I had fostered for many years, leaving behind my old friends, making new ones while living a hedonistic existence, all the while discovering more about myself, slowly fanning my personal embers of creativity.

    I ‘broke with’ tradition and married a Chinese woman instead of a Jew. Hannah is supremely awesome, end of story.

    Then I again ‘broke away’ from my family, heading for Southern California where I would be for almost 4 years, separated from Hannah while she lived and worked in Japan for two.

    As you are reading this, we are back together again, living in Tokyo, ‘breaking’ all the tightly held traditional stereotypes of what it means to be married in Japan. Hannah works and pays most of the bills, while I clean, do laundry and take out the garbageâ€Â¦it’s no problem at all and I rather enjoy it. I am free to explore my environs, do some part-time work, write and shoot.

    So it stands to reason that living such a ‘broken’ lifestyle must somehow ‘break’ my vision of the world and my place in it.

    U b the judge.

    I was given my first 35mm SLR many years ago, and it pained me to learn how to use it. Now, so many years later, I know the theory but putting it into practice still sometimes bewilders me. So, I decided to ‘break the rules’ by ignoring them, and just shoot, shoot, shoot
    â€Â¦ and see what becomes of my efforts.

    These are my ‘broken’ photos. Enjoy, or don’t – it’s up 2 u!


    Sincerely & respectfully,


    Stephen Lebovits
    Montreal – San Diego – Tokyo - ??

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