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να αγαπάς και να αγαπιέσαι |Amare ed essere amati | To love and be loved Italy & Greece 2024 by Lisa Appel

Turning 50 “Decade” celebration of global traveling with road maps of “Lenses”

Celebrated with my soulmate, cameras in hand, as Photographers we hit the pavement, street photography day & night. Fighting crowds finding our footing in the light, structures, shadows, textures, weather. Sun guided our precarious appetite to the “Streets”. Food was intoxicating, my decade ended and started in grateful bliss.

To love and be loved ….. ©LisaAppel

Destinations: Rome, Florence, Portofino, Mykonos, Athens … and 4 hour layover in Vienna Austria

LIFE, LOVE AND THAILAND ’22 by Lisa Appel

THAILAND ‘22 ROCK’D - Most of you saw my day 2 day on Instagram, but here are some highlights with my real camera. Colors, culture, lines, lighting prrrfection !!!

I celebrate 10 years of marriage to my beautiful husband John. Also 1 year passing of my matriarch, my Mother Najat’s passing. I celebrate both life, love & memories as my foundation of all things fortunate. My mother continues to guide me, I thank her everyday for the woman I have become. For my two favorite people to be celebrated in 2 different stories I give love, gratitude and grace…

All images © 2022 Lisa Appel

SUN Glare of stares and cares / Thailand & Vietnam by Lisa Appel

This Trip, not like your trip nor like our past China no expectations minimal planning.  Electricity flowed through our spine we land where the bird guided us, our separation "Freestyle". Year of moving, shaking, being scolded by powers that be eager to severe ties,  let destiny guide.  We arrive quickly inner beast rhythms thumping Tiger rage. Premortal release pulsed, cumbersome to that longing. Feet hit concrete by that Owl drawn to "DJ" what just happened.  Straw drew that nectar to palette "rum buckets" connected ceribal moment of connections, drums calling. 

Destined for palm trees, white beaches and tranquility we arrive, a "Passage" we were given, Aussie connections filled with laughter, a spirit guide in form of a dog "Bommer" be his immortal name daily joy. The edge fully dissipates at sight of light and dark orange sun glares unaware of any hour passing.

Sunshine rays, we land in Vietnam into that said hour our destination relics of past "The Vietnam war" masked from vision behind new construction walls observation of grief. Masked memories of past, embrace, educate and allow thy tiresome stories to be told. My father, your father drawn to understand the silence of unnecessary war. Not mine, not yours, not ours not anyone never was that said challenge in such disregard do we walk solitude to find peace.

Backpacks stuffed, high heels kicked off, unstripped, bare we took a great walk about of unplanned, joyful trip filled with local kindness and worldly connections... 

All images © 2016 Lisa M. Inman

Beauty & Thy Leaf by Lisa Appel

Worldly organic backdrops being guided by "mother earth" to capture the green beauty that surrounded me gave me another canvas to create with though not my own this is my interpretation of that very essence. As an artist its hard not to see the natural structures, colors, harmony that exists all around us. Drawing you in closer, closer and closer till you are there almost naked with primal recognition with a curiosity and appreciation that words shall not be uttered. Your heart flutters, breathing in its exhale you feel that harmonious connection of life and ying and yang is truly symbolized in it's purest form.

All Images © 2015 Lisa Appel