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When George Eliot said "It is never too late to be what you might have been," she may have very well described the path I took to become a photographer. I changed my passion for words to images.

I am mainly a self-taught photographer.

I embrace the Proustian concept of memory. Photography enables me to capture a transient moment the way I originally perceive it, and manipulating the image afterwards allows me to enhance it as I envisage it. My goal is that my images--especially the heightened ones--captivate an illusory moment that a viewer will behold as her own memory.




Copyright for all images on this site belongs solely to Elizabeth J Almonte. Images may not be copied, downloaded, moved, or shared in any way or form without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.

Galleries

Vinoya-BAsto Wedding :

Vinoya-BAsto Wedding

Updated: Nov 06, 2009 7:30am PST

2008: An Extremely Merry Christmas : This year's inspiration came from the cherished poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti: "Love Came Down at Christmas."

2008: An Extremely Merry Christmas

This year's inspiration came from the cherished poem by Christina Geor ...

Updated: Jan 12, 2009 6:48am PST

Digital Scrapbooks

Updated: Oct 08, 2008 9:34am PST

Postcards: Washington DC 7/2008 : Washington DC is the heart of America. This is where the history of the nation is preserved, and the future is safeguarded for all.

Postcards: Washington DC 7/2008

Washington DC is the heart of America. This is where the history of th ...

Updated: Sep 24, 2008 11:02am PST

Cyn's & Robert's Wedding : Outside, all the leaves were brown, and the sky was grey, but inside the church the bride was radiant and all our hearts were warm on this wintry day in Southern California. This was the day the Lord made for Cyn's and Robert's wedding. All rejoiced and were glad in it.

Cyn's & Robert's Wedding

family picture : Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. (George Burns)

family picture

The Advent of Christmas 2007 : In January 2007, like the magi, Aixa came home from a vacation in the far, far east bearing gifts. One of the gifts she brought from the Philippines was a star made from Capiz shells which she hand-carried through 4 airports. The star--parol--became the inspiration and the theme for this year's holiday celebration. This year, I unearthed all my Philippine textiles and native goods as we celebrated "Pasko!"

The Advent of Christmas 2007

In January 2007, like the magi, Aixa came home from a vacation in the ...

Updated: Jan 14, 2008 1:15pm PST

Outtakes from Ina's Wedding : More pictures from the wedding! These were pics that a.) escaped my attention the first time. b.) needed more TLC before "showing". c.) from a different event--like the despedida for me. Enjoy!

Outtakes from Ina's Wedding

More pictures from the wedding! These were pics that a.) escaped my at ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2007 10:16am PST

Dennis's and Ina's Wedding : September 8, 2007 was the day the Lord has made for Dennis and Ina. It was a day filled with love and gladness from sun-up to way into dark. There were tears of joy, there was laughter, there was a beautiful carriage ride, and there was dancing. Most of all, there was rejoicing! (The open bar wasn't too shabby!)

Dennis's and Ina's Wedding

September 8, 2007 was the day the Lord has made for Dennis and Ina. It ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2007 10:11am PST

Oh, My Sedona! 9/2007 : The Red Rock country of Sedona is enthralling, and nothing like I've ever seen before. Set against the largest stand of verdant Ponderosa pines,the monoliths-- burnt sienna, raw umber, sepia, and vermillion, and towering sandstones the color of golden maize--were appropriately humbling. The locals regard Sedona as Grand Canyon's "pretty little sister."

Oh, My Sedona! 9/2007

The Red Rock country of Sedona is enthralling, and nothing like I've e ...

Updated: Oct 01, 2007 4:28pm PST

GRAND CANYON 9/2007 : From where I stood, I can see the many miracles of the canyons. The hazy horizon delineated earth and sky. A California condor, with its 9ft wingspan glided across, landing on a promontory, face towards the rising sun. A mountain goat with its billy grazed on the scrub just below the platform which provided me with sure footing. Farther still is a gash of light among red rocks. A fellow visitor asked to peer through my camera lens to see what it was. Turned out to be an overturned truck; it was its length of roof that glinted in the sunlight. We both hoped for the best. Here, events of tragedy and grandeur are very clear. Sunrise is my favorite time. All the earth is new again, like a newly-minted copper penny. Sometimes, the sun comes surreptitiously, peeking through trees; or across the horizon, inching up from the canyons. As its surroundings is bathed in a myriad of colors, the scenario can be unbearably pictorial. Albeit, I fail to record the moment as I stand slack-jawed, mesmerized by the splendor before me. Perhaps it is in times like this when the Grand Canyon reveals its secrets--not just to me, but to everyone who would care to see. In the primal patterns of nature, beauty resides. This is the realm of God, and to see it is to enter into a mystical union with God--inescapable, encompassing, from a land before time. This is why amidst this massive marvel of nature, I do not feel insignificant. I do not need angels' tongues to describe what my eyes have seen. Empowered, I reaffirm God's munificence through my creative structure--my work, my art, my worth.

GRAND CANYON 9/2007

From where I stood, I can see the many miracles of the canyons. The ha ...

Updated: Oct 01, 2007 3:53pm PST

About Face : enough about me

About Face

faraway places : landscapes

faraway places

landscapes

Updated: Aug 01, 2007 6:01am PST

Martha's Vineyard 7/07 : One Vineyard summer--an everlasting day.

Martha's Vineyard 7/07

One Vineyard summer--an everlasting day.

Updated: Jul 27, 2007 10:11am PST

Beans : sweet beansy boy

Beans

sweet beansy boy

Updated: Jun 29, 2007 8:54am PST

what spring intended : petal pushers

what spring intended

petal pushers

Updated: Apr 12, 2007 7:47pm PST

Christmas 2006 :

Christmas 2006

Almonte/Morao Reunion : First, there was Shana and John's beautiful wedding, --and foremost, the Almontes and the Moraos shared many laughs, truckloads of catch-me-up stories, music, and dancing (...the dancing!) that neither drizzle, nor downpour, nor dour grey skies dampened our celebratory spirits the weekend of October 7, 2006.

Almonte/Morao Reunion

First, there was Shana and John's beautiful wedding, --and foremost, t ...

Updated: Oct 18, 2006 6:18am PST

...and so to bed : the best way to end a day at the pool

...and so to bed

the best way to end a day at the pool

Updated: Aug 07, 2006 11:04am PST

In the Swim : It was a sweltering July day, so Elijah decided to dip in his backyard pool.

In the Swim

She Shifts Her Change : ...what? ...me? give up the shilly-shally of art?

She Shifts Her Change

...what? ...me? give up the shilly-shally of art?

Updated: Aug 07, 2006 10:42am PST

New Crop : I've been dabbling at black and white conversions. Here are the results. Tell me what you see.

New Crop

I've been dabbling at black and white conversions. Here are the result ...

Updated: Jul 30, 2006 11:54am PST

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