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Rollin Thunder Washington DC

2012-02-13T10:07:00.001-08:00

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Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys Announced as Premium Event Sponsor of Las Vegas BikeFest 2012.

2012-02-11T04:15:00.000-08:00

Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys Announced as Premium Event Sponsor of Las Vegas BikeFest 2012.

Mabel Cedeno Perez - An Inspiration

2011-11-11T09:48:00.000-08:00

I am inspired today. I am inspired by incredible people who surround me and do amazing things. I am inspired by those who life has thrown many road blocks and yet they achieve.

Mabel Cedeno Perez is 23. She is blind, she suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta and she is one of the stars of the Children's Theater Company La Colmenita in Cuba.

Mabel never got to experience some of the playing and running around of other children. Osteogenesis Imperfecta is congenital disease, it is present at birth. People with OI have weak bones, which makes them susceptible to fractures and are usually below average height. This would be a huge stumbling block for most people but Mabel is not most people.

“But I never felt any different from anyone else. A disability does not make you less of a person.”

Mabel was a student at the Panama School of Solidarity in 1999 when the director from La Colmenita wanted to produce a play that would combine children with disabilities with the theater troupe. Mabel was cast to play the Queen Bee in Martina the Cockroach, a famous Cuban folk tale.

The opportunity given to Mabel with La Colmenita changed her life. Since starring as Queen Bee add to Mabel's list of achievements creating the “Beekeepers” music and drama workshop in the Boyeros area of Havana (at age 10), she became an art teacher, and got her science teaching license for university and today has sixty children under her direction in the community.

I came to know about Mabel Cedeno Perez through my friend, world renowned photographer, Niurka Barroso. Niurka captured Mabel's story through photos in a series called- A DAY IN MABELITA'S LIFE, by NIURKA BARROSO

Niurka has produced a series of award winning images dealing with humanitarian issues and has shot raw and beautiful photos of Mabel including all you see here.

Thank you Mabel for inspiring me and thank you Niurka for sharing Mabel's story through your photos.

World Renowned Photographer Niurka Barroso Presents 'Los Muros'

2011-05-04T08:46:00.000-07:00

May 4, 2011

Toronto - Internationally renowned Cuban photojournalist and recent emigrant to Canada, Niurka Barroso will be presenting "Los Muros" at Studio 203 in Toronto, May 7th to May 20th 2011

Los Muros or Fences, is Niurka's story about her inner struggles over her identity as an emigrant from Cuba and about the 43 million souls that wonder outside her fences looking for sanctuary (referring to the 43.5 million people displaced or waiting for refuge status globally).

"Immigration brought a process of inner emigration: I traveled inside of myself, looking for new points of reference that would help to connect myself with the present. I have tried to transform, in images, the feelings I have kept inside during these years of exile. Exile produces an enormous sensation of anguish and up rootedness, flirting with the idea of return. But to return and discover one is not from here, nor there.

These twenty photographs are really my point of no return. Perhaps I will be a nomad forever. But now my journey inspires me more than my destination. These have been my first confessions."

Niurka Barroso

Niurka Barroso graduated from Havana University (1984) with a degree in Classical Languages and worked for twelve years as a photojournalist for the France Press Agency (AFP). Niurka has produced a series of award winning images dealing with humanitarian issues and has worked as a freelance photographer in Toronto since 2005. She has presented nearly a dozen solo exhibitions in Austria, Canada, Cuba and Spain (1998 - 2007); participated in several group exhibitions in Canada, Cuba, France, Israel, Mexico, Spain and the United States (1995-2010); and received the Casa de las Americas Award for Documentary Photography (1998).

Los Muros/ Fences, will be presented at Studio 203, Toronto, ON, May 7-20, 2011.
Opening reception will be held Saturday May 7th 2011 at 3:30 PM

Studio 203
28 Industrial St, Toronto, ON
M4G 1Y9
416-342-9660

http://www.niurkaphotography.com

Media contact:
Audrey Nesbitt
905-462-2823

Great Christmas Idea

2010-12-03T10:29:00.000-08:00

I met an amazing guy when I was in Washington DC for Rolling Thunder's Ride to the Wall in May 2010. His name is Q-Ball, and Q-Ball is an amazing photographer. His book "Living the Life" is a book of photography and poetry depicting the 'romantic' view of the biker lifestyle. This is a wonderful gift idea for that guy or girl who loves motorcycles.

Krit Campbell wrote an article about Q-Ball and this great book and you can read it via the Russ Brown Motorcycle Lawyer Blog.

I hope to see Q-Ball again. I will be at the Ride to the Wall again in May 2011 and I hope to see you there Q-Ball!!!

Happy Holidays!!!
Roz and Audrey from Spinspirational will be in New York in January. Stay tuned!