DVS - Departing from the common norm

2006/04/14

Sat 04.15.06 - Original Sin Exhibition @ Metro Image Gallery

You are cordially invited to attend the artist reception for the Original Sin Exhibition at the new Metro Image Gallery in Detroit.

This collection of 60+ images by 14 of Detroit's best photographers has been held over by popular demand. So come mingle with photographers and models alike for an exotic good time with free food and drinks.

Saturday, April 15, 2006
4 pm - 10 pm

Click Here To View Event

Metro Image Gallery
www.metroimage.net

138 Cadillac Square
Fourth Floor
Detroit, MI 48226
313.963.4009

Hope to see you there!

Anthony (DVS)
Dark Vision Studio
www.dvsdetroit.com

2006/04/08

Oh no...

Talking cats...

2006/04/05

"Drowning" and "RIP"

Words old and new but all flow, swirl and glide wondrously within each other...

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"Drowning"

I find myself
Still drowning
Deep within
The shimmering waters
Often floating
In fragility
On the surface
Only to be pulled under
With the gentle ripples
Of memory

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"RIP"

It is time
To forget the dream
To turn away from want
To bury need
No silent prayers
No parting words
Just laid to rest
With no marker
To what once was
To what was to be
Then walk away
Never to look back
And find peace
Within eternity
Without

2006/03/30

Flux

Swirling
Gliding
Flowing
Between
Each breath
Through
Each beat
Immersing
Within
Throughout
Touching
Tasting
Feeling
Knowing
Truth
Faith
Love
Serenity
Self

(c) 2006 Dvs

Life

There is no end
Without beginning
No exit
Without entrance
Death
Without life
Take in
First breath
Of rebirth
Of new life
Neverlasting
Ever casting
Hopeful doubt
Of light contrasting
To begin the end
Of life relived
Life unlived

(c) 2006 Dvs

2006/03/23

Angela revisited...Guns, apples and a bikini

It's been a long time since I had a shoot like this...no elabortate plans whatsoever...just the artist, the girl, an impromptu shopping spree, grabbing some random props and just having fun...

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2006/03/21

Visions of Zentai - An exploration with model Siddella

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2006/03/14

It's in this moment...

There is a small scene
Just a single moment
When throughout the chaos
Throughout the pain
That what you were always seeking
Wanting
Needing
Has been in front of you
All along the way

(From the final scene of the film Strange Days)

Lori Carson & Graeme Revell - Fall In The Light

It's in this moment
Hold on
When everything has come apart
It's in this moment
Right now
When it can come together
Raise your sights
What's there to lose?
Fall in the light
Fall in the light

In all this trouble
Hold on
To the innocence with which you were born
There's so much struggle
Be strong
Find the faith you need to carry on
It's a long night
You're not alone
Fall in the light
Fall in the light

Sweet air it falls into place
Sun through the haze
Doesn't it feel a little like grace

It's in this moment
Hold on
When everything has come apart
It's in this moment
Right now
When everything comes together
Raise your soul
What's there to lose
Fall in the light
Fall in the light
Fall in the light

(Hold on...and I will catch you)

2006/03/08

Visions of Z

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Raven

She floated down
Gracefully returning
A beautiful raven
Singing from the heart
Of passions untaken
Of love denied
By another

I sit in silence
As she sadly sings
Of beautiful hope
Of wondrous dreams
Painful songs
I've sung before
Amidst her wings
When I had a voice
When I sang loudly
Gloriously
Of her

2006/03/03

Rodin's "Awakening"

The beginning of a new series tributing the works
of various masters of art

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2006/03/02

Revelations...

I finally have a breath to do something within my blog that I told myself I wouldn't do...babble. I saw Cirque de Solei's Delirium last week and it left me...inspired...hopeful...at peace. Granted, it wasn't one of the better Cirque's, but about midway, I saw something amazing within the story subtly lying inside moving art and theatrics...myself. Where one often hovers over their own life...drowns within waves of memories...entangles within anguish and submits to hopelessness. But within this, there was a simple need...a most simple desire. To fly. To soar above all of this. To not only touch light, but embrace it and relish it with pure childlike joy and happiness. I saw the shear ecstatic exhilaration on his face when he finally gave in and held what he didn't know he desired most...and it brought tears to my eyes...and a much needed breath of relief. This simple scene made me realize that I have to stop watching life from above or below...stop living through the lives of others...start reaching towards my own light and soar. Soar.

2006/02/17

"Sacred Heart"

This was done using fire as the only lighting source.

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2006/02/13

Adoration...

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2006/02/05

Visions of Cruella 02...new work by DVS

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2006/01/17

Visions of Jesimin 03...new work by DVS

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2006/01/10

DVS @ Fetish Bizarre

Friday January 13

Mephistos
2764 Florian
Hamtramck, MI
48212

FETISH BIZARRE

A fun filled evening full of live music, erotic art, fire breathers, cage dancers, fetish play, body metal grinding, human pin cushion, suspension artists and much much more!

Performances by the Devil Dolls
with Explict Ink suspension show
Music by Manic's Rage
Exotic art by DVS
Sponsored by Noir Leather

18+ Welcome
$10 Admission at the door
or $5 through the Devil Dolls

[ Click Here To View The MySpace Event ]

2005/12/28

Love...

The best love is the kind that weakens the soul, that makes us reach for more, that plants fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. - The Notebook