back to work

lauren enjoying a sunday lunch in the garden. santa fe, new mexico.
© kevin t vu

i’m back now in southern california. came back for work. i drove the 12 hours straight on monday. thought i had a job on tuesday and wednesday, but that fell through. though, we’re doing a prelight tomorrow for a movie poster at fox studios on friday. frank might also have another job on sat/sun. but that is still pending confirmation.

i went to pick up my film from the lab today and about a mile out from making it back home, my car dies! i’m not quite sure what’s wrong. it’s an electrical problem and i hope its just the battery, which is charging as i write. otherwise, its gonna be hard to make it to work in LA tomorrow without a car. fingers crossed!

i’ve been loving shooting in film. there’s such a magical quality to it, very childlike, not knowing what you’re gonna get. and the colors and grain of it are gorgeous. my next business purchase is going to have to be a scanner for myself.

heading out

summer in california. © kevin t vu

it’s summer and the 4th of july is this saturday. so i’m heading out. gonna drive to santa fe to visit some friends, do some odd jobs and celebrate the 4th. then i’m not sure where i’m heading next. might just drive back home or just keep going east.

i’ve switched back to film and will be shooting it on this trip. i have no idea what story i’ll be shooting, but i head out early tomorrow morning and all i have in mind is a photographic journal of my trip. i’m excited to be shooting on film again! it’s been a while. we’ll see how it turns out.

limbo

driving. el dorado, new mexico.
© kevin t vu

i’m still in santa fe. have been doing some odd-end jobs for the workshops like modeling and cataloging images. will be heading home wed. night. still trying to figure out life.

drifting

wild grass field. santa fe, new mexico.
© kevin t vu

i left for santa fe a week ago. i’m here to visit some friends and have no plans for the immediate future. i have been couch surfing and today i slept in a borrowed car parked on the residences of a friends, whose house was locked, all the while with snow drifting outside.

i am jobless and moneyless and am living the life of a gypsy. people ask questions about my future and i have no concrete answers. i’m living day to day and enjoying every last bit of being in an agonizing limbo.

on the road

hanging out at the beach. tulum, mexico.

heading on the road again. good o’ route 66 to santa fe. we head out today and i’ll probably be in santa fe for a couple of weeks to visit w/ some friends. gonna see if i can get some projects together over there. we’ll see.