Noor Beckwith Photography

selfie on the ferry

2014-09-06T11:02:00.000-04:00

hydrangeas on salt spring island

2014-08-24T13:27:00.001-04:00

table and backyard on salt spring island

2014-08-24T12:52:00.001-04:00

still life, salt spring island, bc, canada

2014-08-23T13:56:00.000-04:00

from victoria to vancouver, bc, canada

2014-08-23T13:53:00.001-04:00

#2 from salt spring island, bc, canada

2014-08-21T17:00:00.000-04:00

hasselblad film photo #1 from salt spring island, bc, canada

2014-08-20T21:03:00.000-04:00

After many years of only digital photography, here is a teaser from my first foray into film! On a lovely recent trip to British Columbia, I had the privilege of using a beautifully preserved Hasselblad 500 C/M to shoot five rolls of ISO400, 120mm film. They've been developed and scanned (thank you, Colortek), so stay tuned for my favorite shots, post-processed with Darktable (the open-source photography lighttable/darkroom workflow application for Linux).

BRITISH COLUMBIA 2014

2014-08-19T18:41:00.000-04:00

dugout canoe -- cange, haiti

2013-07-01T12:00:00.001-04:00

view btwn buildings at Zanmi Lasante Socio-Medicale Complex -- cange, haiti

2013-06-26T19:14:00.001-04:00

steps at Zanmi Lasante Socio-Medicale Complex -- cange, haiti

2013-06-26T19:12:00.002-04:00

buildings at Zanmi Lasante Socio-Medicale Complex -- cange, haiti

2013-06-26T19:11:00.002-04:00

lake péligre -- cange, haiti

2013-06-26T19:08:00.003-04:00

young man who came up to meet us on the mountain -- cange, haiti

2013-06-26T19:05:00.001-04:00

(the Dominican Republic starts 7 miles off in the distance back there)

young man who came up to meet us on the mountain -- cange, haiti

2013-06-25T20:47:00.000-04:00

dèyè mòn gen mòn -- cange, haiti

2013-06-25T20:21:00.000-04:00

what i'm doing in Haiti this summer

2013-06-24T19:51:00.000-04:00

24 June 2013 — For the next few weeks, I am in Haiti working to help implement and improve mental health clinical protocols that I helped design (specifically around managing suicidality).

In my free moments, I will post as many pictures as I can, and I hope you'll be moved by them.

On a technical note, this is the camera equipment I brought with me:

Canon EOS 5D (Mark I) 12.8 MP DSLR
Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM prime lens
&
Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP point-and-shoot
Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD (w/ HDR and panorama capabilities)

Important: Anything I say or show online reflects only my positions, not those of the organizations with which I am associated.

Important: Also know and be relieved by the fact that no images (a) from clinical settings, or (b) from settings wherein individuals should reasonably expect privacy are going to appear unless extremely explicit informed consent +/- wish for publicity is given and documented. I recognize that I will be working with some vulnerable populations (eg. impoverished and/or mentally ill) but I will remain conscientious and respectful of their autonomy and privacy, as I would for any subjects.

road, mountains, clouds (tibet)

2013-01-08T14:55:00.001-05:00

portrait of tibetan woman

2013-01-08T14:41:00.000-05:00

goats in sun, tibet

2013-01-08T14:29:00.000-05:00

mountains beyond mountains, tibet

2013-01-08T14:24:00.000-05:00

qamba (future) buddha, tashilhunpo monastery, shigatse

2013-01-08T14:14:00.001-05:00

"Tibet's Tashilunpo Monastery has the world's biggest gilt Buddha statue and cassock, according to www.tibet.cn"

"Built in 1447 by disciples of Tsongkhapa, founder of the Yellow Sect (Gelug Sect), the monastery is the permanent residence for generations of the Panchen Lama. Considered sacred for Buddhist followers, pilgrims and tourists during the past 500 years, it has greeted more than 400,000 visitors since 1984.

"Situated west of the monastery is the 30-m-high Palace of Qamba Buddha with an area of 862 sq m. There, sitting on a lotus pedestal of 3.8 m tall is a gilt statue of the Buddha with the height of 26.2 m, the shoulder breadth of 11.5 m and the ear length of 2.2 m."

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/25/content_12702267.htm

the coast of lake namtso at twilight

2013-01-08T03:31:00.000-05:00

tinkertown museum @ sandia park, nm

2012-06-05T11:44:00.001-04:00

One of the top ten small museums in America in 2010, Tinkertown showcases 40+ years of artist Ross Ward's model carvings, collections, and constructions. A lot of them, including this one, move about on the push of a button.

little rock central high school

2012-06-05T11:34:00.002-04:00

This is the school in Arkansas where President Dwight D. Eisenhower had to send the 101st Airborne Division (the "Screaming Eagles") of the U.S. Army in 1957 to suppress mobs and enforce the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Brown v. Board of Education that segregated schools were unconstitutional. The "Little Rock Nine" were the brave young boys and girls at the center of that struggle.