Musico Roots (Photography)
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All over the metroplex!
Musico Roots has collaborated w/:
PPT
the Fort Worth Poets
the Poetry Grind (Dallas)
Neo Soul Cafe
the Akita Group
Party Chasers
Dukes of DallasMusic
Not mine but an older fantabulous song & video....
Eraserheads: Ang Huling El Bimbo (& el bimbo is a dance)Movies
Check out Interviews on my Myspace Video Page
THIN Interview
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& BE SURE TO CHECK OUT Pikahsso & Tahiti's reviews on new release movies!!!!!
Heroes
PHOTOGRAPHIC INFLUENCES:
Dan Eldon
Benedict Fernandez
Lauren Greenfield
Mary Ellen Mark
Charles Moore
Joseph Rodriguez
Latest Blog Entries
- Dec 27, 2008 7:45 PM My Poetic Home
- Nov 6, 2008 1:13 AM Chicago Filipino American Film Festival Nov 7-9
- Nov 6, 2008 12:28 AM PPT’s Final Show
- Oct 7, 2008 1:49 PM June Pics
- Aug 14, 2008 5:01 PM Back 2 Hunger
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About me:
Musico Roots: Image Storyteller > Photography. Spoken Word. Artist.Cher ang pangalan ko: My name is Cher. (Sometimes known as Musico Roots.)
I'm a mestiza: Filipina/American
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/musicoroots.creative * www.musicoroots.exposuremanager.com
Musico Roots Photography
"...cultivating community expression..."
In expressing the embodiment of my visual artistry, I am an image storyteller: photographer, 1st; painter, 2nd; spoken word artist, 3rd, although, these interchange. To me, capturing images that create visual memories and a representation of life cultivate a community expression that even if it references one person, its still a collective. There are broader pictures, even in the details.
With Musico Roots (Photography), my primary focus has been spoken word poets, urban fashion shows, the nightlife, drag kings and queens, live performances and musicians. Being a performing artist, I believe it helps me understand what to anticipate when capturing images with photography. Also, understanding how to read body language becomes imperative in trying to capture movement in any candid situation or performance. My images are about finding people in intense and raw moments of emotions that reflect as close to honest representations of reactions instead of staged imagery. My job is to find people in a moment of purity and reflect depth over surface…no masks.
With painting, I try to reflect the same emotions I find in photography, using a graphic and impressionistic infused style with acrylic on either canvas or paper. I generally will references a lot of my photography for paintings. I like strong contrasts, showing movement with the paint, and deep colors while also utilizing the white of canvas.
With spoken word, I’ve never been one to write sugar-coated poetry and am more about performing intensity instead of romanticism. There are contrasting spectrums people are so afraid to divulge into and I feel I have a responsibility to speak when others don’t want to talk. I try to grasp this concept in any artistic expression I divulge into.
I dove into spoken word poetry in 2007 and became a part of the 2008 Ft Worth (Poetry) Slam team. I'm a musician w/ a Filipino Folk dance group. Managed a drag king troupe, the Dukes of Dallas in 2007 til mid 2008. Documented imagery of local hip hop group, PPT's performances, as well as several local spoken word poets (Ft. Worth Slam team, Dallas Poetry Grind). Been documenting/a sponsor of Gaybingo Dallas
Details
- Status: In a Relationship
- Hometown: Fairfield, CA/Midwest City, OK
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Religion: Christian - other
- Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Schools
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Art Institute Of Dallas
- Dallas, TX
- Graduated: 2009
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: Advertising/Marketing
- Minor: Graphic Design
2004 to 2009 -
Art Institute Of Dallas
- Dallas, TX
- Graduated: 1996
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Associate's Degree
- Major: Visual Communication
- Minor: Graphic Design/ Illustration
1994 to 1996 -
Midwest City Hs
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Graduated: N/A
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: High School Diploma
1992 to 1994
Companies
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Filipino Folk Arts Theatre
- Dallas, TX US
- Musician (Percussion)/Creative/Production
1998-Present -
SW Medical & Dental
- Dallas, TX US
2002-Present -
Musico Roots
- DFW, TX US
- Freelance Photographer
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Dukes of Dallas
- Dallas, TX US
- Photographer/Promos
11/2007-Present -
Ft Worth Slam Team
- Ft Worth, TX US
- Poet & Photographer
01/07-Present









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10 of 236MoreThanks Cher!
Hello sweets! How have you been?
I see my favorite photographer is still "nice with it" on the pics... makin' me look like a rockstar!!! :-) I'll be in Dallas the Mon after superbowl dj'ing with NeoSoulCafe @ Glo Lounge! Come by and have some good music / drinks!
just spent some time at www. musicoroots. com. U Rock! Seriously! Hope you are having a great day.
THANK YOU! The Demure family love you!
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Thanks Cher. I hope your christmas was splendid! Have a happy new year and a blessed 09.
Hey Cher!!!! thanks for the tag!!! its been a min!!!! I still have those batteries I owe you in my camera bag..lol
Cher! You rock!! Thanks for all of the blessings you have shared through your art.
Happy Holidays!!
Merry Pikmas & A Nappy New Year
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