www.susannahdowell.com will be launching this fall!
until then...
my photography is here:
www.susannahstiles.
carbonmade.com
www.ssdportraits. carbonmade.com
www.ssdweddings. carbonmade.com
Music
pink floyd, led zep, bjork, liz phair, ella fitz, etta james, mos def, tina turner, jill scott, erykah badu, beck, ARETHA FREAKIN FRANKLIN, van morrison, my morning jacket, feist, peter gabriel, annie lennox, citizen cope, bonnie raitt, coldplay, sublime, mary j, frank sinatra, jay z, xavier rudd, paul simon, the stones, the dead, tupac, massive attack, missy elliott, lauryn hill, hendrix, madonna, brian ENO!, sinead o'connor, the chieftans, tons of enya, underworld, dj shadow, TRIBE, paul oakenfold, ani difranco, underworld, 311, gypsy kings, blur, old pearl jam, old soundgarden, john brown's body, perry ferrell, keane, OLD MICHEAL JACKSON, courtney love, WINEHOUSE god she's talented i hope she doesnt die anytime soon, john mayer, ray lamontagne, ALICIA KEYS, the black crowes, biz, ben harper, bela bleck, MARLEY, burning spear, prince, pharrell
Movies
INTO THE WILD omg amazing. trainspotting, walk the line.
Television
If you want to become whole,
first let yourself become broken.
If you want to become straight,
first let yourself become twisted.
If you want to become full,
first let yourself become empty.
If you want to become new,
first let yourself become old.
Those whose desires are few get them,
those whose desires are great go astray.
-tao te ching
Books
"boy" by roald dahl and everything else he's ever written, anais nin all the time and then over again, tao te ching, johnny cash's autobio, catcher in the rye, rikle, anne sexton, henry miller, hunter s thompson, sylvia plath, john irving, thoreau, john updike, dh lawrence, bukowski, whitman, ginsberg, flannery o'connor, ee cummings, rumi, osho, the bible, tibetan book of living and the dead, michelle tea, waldo frank, edward dahlberg, joyce carol oates, margaret atwood
Heroes
THE AMERICAN INDIANS
especially sitting bull:
"I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say."
"Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit."
"If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it."
"It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land."
"In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly."
OSHO
"don’t try to force anything. let life be a deep let-go. god opens millions of flowers everyday without forcing their buds.”
-osho
ANAIS NIN
"as soon as i left you, my darling, the whole world swung into a symphony." -anais nin
"How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself." -anais nin"
BARDOT
"I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals." -bridgette bardot
"I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday. If I think too much, it kind of freaks me out." -pamela anderson
PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE ME: (i like this art)
david doubilet
underwater photographer
one day i want to BE him.
or just do what he does.
About me: I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Who I'd like to meet:
"I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream."
-Vincent Van Gogh
Susannah, You look great! I can't believe it has been so long. You are an amazing photographer. What an eye! It looks like you have been everywhere. I am slowly adding places to my been to list. Mostly because of work but still I get to browse. Hope all is well. Tell me about your life since we were last together...
hey susannah how have you been? so I told you when the time came I wanted to get professional pics done. Well im nine months and I really think this is the perfect time to do it. So I want you to be my photographer. Im looking for someone original and has a keen eye and I have narrowed it down to you. So are you still up to the task. please when you write back when we can do it.( if you can) and how much it would be. I really do think that you would express how i feel about my pregnancy and artistic vibe. so enough of the rambling no pressure but the quicker the better.....lol
Dear Susannah, As I'm puttering around MySpace, eating a few too many dried mangoes, listening to Dinah Washington (now Frank Sinatra), and waiting for my lady to come home from a late night at work, I just wanted to tell you how truly astonishing your photography is. Your pregnancy portraits in particular are absolutely beautiful. Keep on doing what you do. It is really inspiring and wonderful. Sincerely, EP
dang it! i'm not your top friend anymore! sorry i've been m.i.a., i miss you! come over oct. 20?! i'll call you. life is about to slow waaaay down. woo hoo! finally.
Ya outta come out to meetings, I'm telling ya, it is what will blast your freelancing to the stratosphere.... My referrals pale to what the group could send you.
Your pictures are a HUGE hit at my office. Everyone is asking about them!! So, you have to get your website back up. People really want to look. They've even suggested websites to look on for your stuff. Dotmac was one. People have also suggested places in DC for you to go take pics... National Arborium in North East. Toots, I'm tellin ya... you are a HUGE HIT! You are famous at my little office in Germany. It's crazy!!!! :)
Hi toodles. That picture looks like you are from Paris or something. You are chillin at a cafe. Hey, so uh, get your tickets to come visit, yaaah?! Ich liebe dich!
