A few weeks ago I got hired to shoot Mercedes for her style website, http://www.beyondherreality.com/ . She is a stylist based here in the Bay Area. She wanted to shoot some outfits in street style photography. So, I decided the best place to do a fashion shoot was in my neighborhood in East Oakland, Fruitvale. … Continue reading Mercedes
Did a shoot with La Kiwi Baby last month! It's a clothing and art local business based in Oakland, founded and created by Brie. She hand draws and makes everything herself. For the shoot I set up one of my 90s backdrops and shot the B-Side Brujas in La Kiwi Baby gear. Here are some photos!… Continue reading La Kiwi Baby x Glamour Shots by Lonely Girl
Last February I self published my first volume of a photo essay that I started in October 2016. I began documenting an underground Lucha Libre club here in the Bay Area. Long story short, I was photographing all on 35mm film and also doing alterations for the wrestlers and almost joined the club. This November,… Continue reading Rudos vs Tecnicos
Last month I got to shoot my first fashion look book for the B*League vintage store located at 1212 San Pablo Ave in Berkeley. They sell vintage clothing, accessories and records! It's also a camera club, where I got to show my Lucha Libre photos back in June. I had so much fun shooting with… Continue reading B*League
Here are photos I took from last months At Somewhere Else To Go's gallery "Circo de Sickos" group show.
Self portraits on 35mm film: I took these without really thinking about anything...just experimenting, discovering, evolving, obsessing and revealing pieces of myself...
Dedicating this post to some portraits I've taken of some influential people in my life, people I have ran into randomly and shared a moment or friends that have shared space and time for as little or as long with me in the past and present.
In February, I self published two zines of my photography work. The first "Talk of the Town" zine is a compilation of photos that I took while walking and taking the train or bus around my town, Oakland. There are color and black and white photos of people and places that I feel make this… Continue reading Photo Zines
In February I got a chance to collaborate and shoot with the collective, Hijxs Del Sol. They are a collective of womxn of color, whose goals are to embrace themselves and their inner chingonxs through the lens and beyond. It was really beautiful to share space and the camera with them. Here is the set… Continue reading Hijxs del Sol
Amelia Berumen 