Author Archives: thomas.lin

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Vineyard

Posted on December 20, 2010 by thomas.lin

I did my final project on the Vineyards of Long Island. Earlier on this semester I visited 3 vineyards on the Tip of Long Island where many of the New York wineries are located that were recommended to me by a local wine bar owner. At first I didn’t know what to expect never traveling that deep into Long Island before. But as I started to travel the scenery started to change. NYC’s towering skyline began to shrink into a forest of trees and small homes. The most relaxing 2 hour drive I’ve ever taken. Making Wine is a process that starts on the vines and ends in the bottle as you will see in my series of photographs.

: Entering the largest Vineyard in Long Island

: Rows of grape bushes as far as an eye can see

: All wines begins as a grape

: Covering the bushes with nets to fend off birds

: Distillation

: Decending

: Storage and fermentation

: Awards

: End Result

Posted in Assignment Six - Final Project | 1 Comment

Car Enthusiasts

Posted on December 19, 2010 by thomas.lin

Communities are formed from the commonalities that a group of people share whether it being a location or even common interests. My community assignment is on the community that has been created by car enthusiasts and how it brings different people together. I began my set of photos with some pictures I took at a car show in New Jersey. What really caught my eye while taking the pictures was the amount of diversity that was present. There were people of different ages as well as nationalities huddled around cars having conversations with each other. At another time or place, these people would be strangers. But at the car show, these seemingly different individuals have something in common and there is nothing strange about that. As the photos progress I show some car enthusiasts taking their pride and joy cars to the streets.

: Gathering of car enthusiasts for a car show in NJ

: The old and the young

: Bring back the old school

: Same car different tune

: Cars are about performance as much as it is about looks

: Taking a break from driving

: Quiet admiration

: Admiration after a car wash

: Safety First

Posted in Assignment Four - Community | 13 Comments

Teaching and Training

Posted on December 19, 2010 by thomas.lin

I’ve been attending Mixed Martial Arts classes for around 6 months at a gym near my home. It is there where I met the subject for my environmental portrait project. The subject for this assignment was my MMA instructor who spends a majority of his time in the gym teaching as well as training for up coming fights. Though he was very open to letting me take pictures, many of the initial photo’s seemed unnatural and came out looking posed. It took multiple shoots to finally have my instructor behaving normally and focused on his training. But do not be fooled by his serious look, off the mat he often jokes and has a playful character. It is amazing to see the shift in a persons attitude and behaviors when doing what he loves most.