And so it goes...

Jorge Vismara

Through a powerful combination of intuition, technique and patience, photographer Jorge Vismara captures intimate images of nature, human emotions and the performing arts.
Mr. Vismara first explored photography at hochshule für gestaltung (hfg), Ulm, Germany, while studying industrial design and cinema.
His current photographic work was born from his frequent travels to Bali, Indonesia, where the culture, in which art and spirituality are inextricably integrated into daily life, awoke his passion for capturing the images of the world around him. These images are now seen in dozens of publications about Balinese and Asian performing arts.

When I take the camera out of the bag, I never know what I'm going to shoot, never have an image of the images I'm going to take. Its always a blank piece of paper, an open mind... my eyes start looking and become aware of whats around... until images start to develop.

To take a photograph is always a surprise, a mute conversation with the object, a feeling of the moment, an interaction with the shapes and colors of the world outside...

To take a photograph is to watch and pay attention, to discover, to nurture the unexpected, it's like walking in a new trail in the forest, it's a permanent pilgrimage to a new sacred place...

Events and travel
2008      - Stanley Jordan at the Phoenix Jazz Festival, Brazil – documentation – Nov.
            - Amazon River – documentation of Self Sustained communities – September
            - San Pedro – Tall Ships parade and Cannon Battle – August
              - Viver Brasil (Gift on the Water/Omi Odára) at the Ford Amphitheater – July
            - Bridges – Choreography Dialogs at UCLA – May
            - Emerging Voices at JAT – March
2007    - Airto Moreira workshop – documentation - December
            - Gamelan Çudamani US and Canada tour – documentation - Oct/Nov
            - Viver Brasil at the Ford Amphitheater – September
              - The Untold Story of Three Tragic Women of the Ramayana by Mythili Prakash - August
            - Bali, Indonesia – documentation of Çudamani Summer Institute – July
              - UCLA Choreography Arts Management fellowship program (CAM) - Malaysia and Cambodia – documentation – January
2006    - Yuval Ron and Ensemble – Concert for Unity, at Loyola University – October
            - TripDance Company (Synergy) at the Ford Amphitheater – September
            - Brazilian Day in LA at the Tar Pits Museum - documentation – September
            - APPEX – fellowship program at UCLA - July
            - Viver Brasil at the Ford Amphitheater – July
              - Raj Rang traditional dance and music from Rajasthan, India – documentation at UCLA - May
2005       - World Festival of Sacred Music – documentation of two weeks event – September
            - Kenny Endo at San Juan Capistrano Library - September
            - Traditional Kurdish musicians from Iraq at UCLA – documentation - June
            - Amazon River – workshops and documentation of communities - October
2004    - Elba Ramalho at the Ford Amphitheater – documentation - May
            - Getty Museum – documentation of Brazilian Project about Chorinho - April
            - APPEX fellowship program in Bali, Indonesia - July
2003    - The Art of Rice - Bali, Indonesia and Hawaii - July

Exhibits
2008    - Brazilian Consulate Gallery – July - Sept 2008
2007       - Smithsonian Institute, in Washington, DC as part of the Mekong River exhibit June 27th - July 8th
- I-5 Gallery May 5 - 26
- Santa Fe Art Colony open studio weekend – May 5th and 6th
2006    - Santa Fe Art Colony open studio weekend – May 6th & 7th
2005    - Brazilian Consulate Gallery – July 1st- January 20th 2006
2004    - Brentwood – November 20th
- private exhibit in Studio City - slide show about Bali
2003    - Collaborative exhibit at Kelly Williams in Marina del Rey - September
- Images of Bali, at Brad Howe Studio, in Malibu. Exhibit, slide show and bazaar
- The Art of Rice traveling theatre, photos projected to the back of the stage throughout the performance

Newspaper and books
2007      - Cover and inside pages of many brochures of Season Performing Arts' brochures for the east coast Universities’ Theaters
- Vancouver Museum poster and brochure - March
2005    - BrazilBest July 2005 issue first page and center magazine insert
2004    - Cover of the book Maps of City and Body by Denise Uyehara
- Cover of SoulBrasil and BrazilBest magazine.
2003       - Calendar, LA Times, September 21, 5 b&w photos illustrating "Grains of Conflict", one image covering 5 columns, on page E44
- Cover of the book “Maps of City and Body”, by Denise Uyehara.

Workshops
2008       - Oakwood School, North Hollywood – photography workshop and presentation of images with slide show
- Solimões and Amazon river, Brazil – photography workshops and images slide shows for NavegarAmazonia.org.br Foundation
- Guest presentation for Judy Mitoma at UCLA - May
2005       - Macapá, Brazil, at the NavegarAmazonia.org.br Foundation