LST LVS - NOW BECOMING THEN

Over the last few months I've been working on a music project that I can say I'm proud of. It took a long time to figure out what I wanted and when I finally did things started to fall into place. I bring my laptop with me to work almost everyday to write out drum scripts. I take the scripts home in attempt to arrange parts together. The song stays incomplete for a bit, but once I figure out how I can piece the song together I do my best to try to finish the song.

I'm focusing on having a full length released the end of this year or towards next year. It's going to be an exhibited piece and hopefully it'll be shown either in Connecticut or in Massachusetts. I'm almost done with the instrumentals, but still far away on finding a female vocalist. We will see..

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IT'S BEEN A TIRING DAY

Keep On Keeping On There Friend / Middletown, Ct / July 12, 2015

I may never know what you go through. But please be safe.

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TAKE YOUR TIME THERE

Your Bones Are Still Brittle / Middletown, Ct / July 12, 2015

At certain points I tried to photograph these images from the hip to see what I could get. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

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IT'S BEEN 13 YEARS

Awhile back I was reminded of a couple of friends I used to keep in contact with. And at the time of writing this I've only kept up with one person in this picture. This was taken, I believe, the day we graduated. It was certainly a time I didn't think would happen (I wasn't a very good student), but I managed to go through it.

I don't know why I'm showing this picture, or rather, making a post about past friends. But I guess I'm thinking about some of the relationships that I had to let go. Years after this image was taken I suddenly decided to drop everyone except one individual. Something compelled me to not talk to these people anymore and from then on my life seemed to be in an interesting place. This was about the time I claimed "edge".

I don't know what's going on with them these days. If anything I hope things are okay with them. It's been 13 years... gawddamn it's been so long.

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GAWD IN THIS WEATHER? YOU GONNA NEED SOME WATER

SERIOUSLY.. IT'S A BAD IDEA / Lowell, Ma / July 12, 2015

I was kinda walking around Lowell in the morning and this dude just appeared. He had this shirt on and I guess I was just intrigued. It might be good for a series someday, but I don't know.

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SELF

Me at 29 / ?, MA / July 11, 2015

Lately the thought about my age has been on my mind and have been thinking about what I've done over the last few years. A lot of my friends have become successful in ways that I would've never guessed. Of course, some friends (or acquantances) are still doing the same shit and still trying to figure it out. I don't if I'm a successful individual or a fuck up in my own way. I do believe, however, that my path in life isn't where I want to be. This mindset has been ongoing for quite some time.

For the last few summers I've been broke and hungry. I've been asking for money amongst my family and friends. And when your wife is in transitions with her job money doesn't come by easily. Thankfully this coming month our finances will be a bit more secure. And I'm sure it's something that will ease me up a bit.

But this week I have to file a hardship on my 401k just in case something were to happen. And I'm just really stressed out about all this crap. I want to save money and want to have a future with my wife, family and friends. But I feel like this isn't happening at the moment. And I'm really fucking scared these days. I guess...

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I BET THAT COST ABOUT A THOUSAND TO FIX

You Could've Done it Yourself / Lowell, Ma / September 28, 2015

I was testing out the night time capability of the Fuji and was certainly impressed by how well it handled. Especially with using old software I was able to get some pretty clean and clear pictures on such a high ISO setting. I met this person just walking about and saw that she sprained her ankle. Again with shooting up close I've noticing photographing the details of the subject rather than the subject itself.

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ANY MINUTE NOW FRIEND

Can Someone Call Eversource? He Needs Help / East Hartford, Ct / September 9, 2015

In the morning I would usually see this light flicker. It was weird trying to photograph this thing because every shot came out different. Kinda eerie though...

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AND AFTER FOUR YEARS

A photo posted by Art Bueno (@buenopower) on Jun 30, 2016 at 3:00pm PDT

I don't know why it took me this long to print out a business card. Probably because I was so adamant about having it done a certain way. Really I just said "fuck it" and went on making a batch of a hundred. And you know what? I felt better having a business card around rather than telling people my damn website and phone number. The design is definitely simple. Nothing to extravagant. But I guess that is the appeal of what I wanted for my clients.


And that's another thing. I'm actually trying to get more commercial gigs. This is unlike me, but I need to actually utilize my skill sets for other peoples' needs. I am kinda tired of just doing my own thing.

That's not to say that I haven't been busy on my end. I'm actually trying to craft some new work here and hopefully it all goes accordingly.



Remember this flyer? My god it's been awhile since I've seen this damn thing, but this was actually a project I wanted to do that involved an album attached with it. I've been hoping to dig this idea from the grave and use it somehow and I think I found the concept to do it. You should be seeing a new project either the end of this year or beginning of next year.

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MRS. PINK

Your Feet Must Hurt Wearing Those Shoes? / Lowell, Ma / June 20, 2016

Again, most of the images I was taking at this time were starting to come a little closer. I'm starting to photograph more of the detail of the subject rather than just the subject itself. This is just an image of my wife's legs and feet. I guess I was intrigued of how simple it looked to me.

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HELLO MISS POLKA DOTS

You Having Fun There? Yeah?? / ?, RI / June 13, 2015

I really miss being a kid sometimes. No care in the world? No bills to pay? I gotta say I was pretty damn fortunate growing up.

By the way.. happy 4th ya'll.

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