Description I captured this photograph after it began to rain, and I had taken cover inside a temple. The light darkened, and I was afraid I would miss the shot. I then did what others seemed to be doing all around us, (praying) and I told him that I really needed his picture, that I had fallen in love with his face, his smile, and that my life would be incomplete without his photograph. I explained that I was really upset with the lighting conditions, but that I would stand very still so I could get the shot with out too much camera movement, and that if he would summon up everything in his power to make the forces of light and film cooperate, I would be eternally grateful.I think he liked me, because I got the shot!Thank you! Forever thank you wise one.
Virginia Annette Jenkins Member Since November 2009 Artist Statement I have lived in Japan for almost twenty years and in this time my eyes opened. I aim for photographs that capture the soul inside things. I also shoot portraits, landscapes, abstracts, anything that leaves me with the desire to keep looking.
Many of my photographs were taken in Japan and other parts of Asia.