Corporal Jayel Aheram, Photographer: FRIEND FRIDAY #42

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• Description : ► http://samharris.com/FF See a co...(more)llection of Jayel's photography in a special music video slideshow we put together at: http://tinyurl.com/aheramHD Sam sings "Imagine" by John Lennon. "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. ... you will always find people who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy to live in the world and live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" Jayel Aheram presents a collection of things seen, experienced, and lived while serving in the harsh deserts of Iraq and elsewhere. A unique view of events rarely seen in the nightly newscast, a point-of-view of one troop in a war zone and at home, and a glimpse of a vastly different and sometimes beautiful Iraq. For more information, please visit his web site at: http://www.aheram.com and his Flickr aacount at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aheram Though known for his caustic wit and spontaneous charm, Jayel suffers from an overwhelming excess of personality. He is a compulsive writer and often writes for his blog: Aheram Takes On... http://aheram.blogspot.com He dabbles in art and video, but his main interest lies in photography. He is hopelessly addicted to the multi-player world of Zebedee LP MUD. He is a fierce advocate of free culture and a vocal opponent of overly strict copyrights. He adheres to Creativist principles and considers the pursuit of his own happiness a moral goal. He adores the color purple, butterflies, kittens, and strange beasts. He is a product of an international upbringing; at home anywhere from the land of the Rising Sun to the sun-scorched dunes where the ageless Euphrates roll. In Jayel's words... The Blogger I launched Aheram Takes On... in early 2005. The blog has been through two design changes, three coding overhauls, and five different purges. In its current incarnation, it is a chronicle of my creative spirit creating, making, and living; a celebration of things that I value and an insight to my creative process. I have been blogging on and off since 2000, but it was not a serious venture until early 2005 when I launched Aheram Takes On... It is part-art blog, part-journal, and mostly about me. It is nearly always all original content of my own creation, but I will occasionally feature deserving artists. The Photographer I am woefully ignorant of the history of photography and as much as I regret to say this, I cannot say I am influenced by any of the great pioneering masters like Ansel Adams and others. My work is neither an emulation of a particular style nor does it assume to present a specific policy. It is an exercise in extrospection, a documentary of the world and its people as I perceive it. Early 2005 was full of new beginnings for me. It included the launch of my first serious foray into blogging, my enlistment with the Marine Corps, and the adoption of a new hobby. I woke up one morning deciding that I needed something new to occupy my time, something creative. Painting first and then photography came to mind. My interest in photography was piqued partly by my friend Sachenka Brinkley, an amateur photographer. A Flickr account and a new camera later, a career was born. In February 2008, Cat's Eye became live. It is my professional gallery which I use to highlight selected works and portfolios. ---------------------------------------- Sam's NEW CD, "Free" ... ► http://samharris.com/free ► http://SamTUNES.net ... to download Sam Harris songs and full albums. ► http://MySpace.com/SamHarrisMusic ... keep up to date, and be Sam's MySpace friend! ► http://SamHarris.com ... information, biography, discography and buy cds. LEGAL & BUSINESS CONTACT: http://SamHarris.com/contact.htm © All videos property of Sam Harris -- (less)