I am a freelance photojournalist living in Austin, Texas | More at www.TamirKalifa.com | Contact: TKalifa@gmail.com | 301-675-3299 | | click on the photo for the caption |Tumblr (3.0; @tkalifa)http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f46a6092f02a64e82ac4372d58d97040/tumblr_mob0ce0ymJ1qba9qso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4d687f7b45d474a9e9ba49fda0cbc1da/tumblr_mob0ce0ymJ1qba9qso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b05acb561902b5fa8e5d7ed935d669a0/tumblr_mob0ce0ymJ1qba9qso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1c2e29b2a76de98eb5c9414370db81c/tumblr_mob0ce0ymJ1qba9qso4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/19ab35aea25ac03001d5738eb3c55a9c/tumblr_mob0ce0ymJ1qba9qso5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae99ab9504e43a6aa99fe81cd5044b87/tumblr_mob0ce0ymJ1qba9qso6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>Mother Falcon’s Dirty Summer tour caught on film. More updates to come. </span></p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/52873094476http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/52873094476Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:54:37 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/646b6b19b9f7d2570fbc34d0884d0fd4/tumblr_mnvbxcR9SS1qzd0p8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5facfa7177acd855842b022336abfbf3/tumblr_mnvbxcR9SS1qzd0p8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63bf1eb46908b40c945e97d1592b9e6c/tumblr_mnvbxcR9SS1qzd0p8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Whoa, I’m a LomoAmigo! I’m thrilled to be recognized because I’ve been influenced by the Lomo movement for years. </p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lomographicsociety.tumblr.com/post/52192095928/photographer-by-day-musician-by-night-lomoamigo">lomographicsociety</a><span>:</span></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.lomography.com/magazine/lifestyle/2013/06/01/photographer-by-day-musician-by-night-lomoamigo-tamir-kalifa?utm_source=www&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_term=communityfeature&utm_campaign=campaign">Photographer by Day, Musician by Night: LomoAmigo Tamir Kalifa</a></strong></p> <p><span>Photography and music is something that goes hand in hand. It is a mix too common that people nowadays are able to juggle both fields at the same time. But sometimes, occurences are various and situations are mundane. Like for this LomoAmigo from Texas who does both not only extensively but also excellently.</span></p> <p><span>It was another usual morning of coffee and your daily dose of online news. But to our eyes’ quick reflexes, we were able to spot awesome monochromatic Sprocket Rocket Lomographs featured in online music magazine, </span><span class="caps">NPR</span><span>. Of course we had to read and find out about this Lomographer who to our surprise is also a musician slowly gaining his band’s buzz in the </span><span class="caps">USA</span><span>.</span></p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/52203746310http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/52203746310Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:17:06 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f232839e8ccfa0b93e01ef9e0ff995c6/tumblr_mmvcv05yKp1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>President Barack Obama speaks at Applied Materials, Inc., one of the country’s leading manufactures of advanced semi-conductors, in Austin on Thursday, May, 9. The President visited the plant to promote job growth and an increase in domestic manufacturing. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546563969http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546563969Wed, 15 May 2013 21:13:48 -0500Obama<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/83ae5eb864f52a100d75cf58638de33f/tumblr_mmvctvXaGx1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>President Barack Obama speaks at Applied Materials, Inc., one of the country’s leading manufactures of advanced semi-conductors, in Austin on Thursday, May, 9. The President visited the plant to promote job growth and an increase in domestic manufacturing. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546503576http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546503576Wed, 15 May 2013 21:13:07 -0500Obama<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2d9ff56d02da3d2bcc18cbaa227c814/tumblr_mmvcsfgatG1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>President Barack Obama speaks at Applied Materials, Inc., one of the country’s leading manufactures of advanced semi-conductors, in Austin on Thursday, May, 9. The President visited the plant to promote job growth and an increase in domestic manufacturing. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546429400http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546429400Wed, 15 May 2013 21:12:15 -0500obama<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e4c8e37915ad602b50d0863416d67c8c/tumblr_mmvcoyTkr21qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>President Barack Obama speaks at Applied Materials, Inc., one of the country’s leading manufactures of advanced semi-conductors, in Austin on Thursday, May, 9. The President visited the plant to promote job growth and an increase in domestic manufacturing. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546248660http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546248660Wed, 15 May 2013 21:10:10 -0500obama<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6dd3d076465ca8639f803d6be6cc6354/tumblr_mmvcnelW571qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>President Barack Obama speaks at Applied Materials, Inc., one of the country’s leading manufactures of advanced semi-conductors, in Austin on Thursday, May, 9. The President visited the plant to promote job growth and an increase in domestic manufacturing. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546164912http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546164912Wed, 15 May 2013 21:09:14 -0500Obamapresident barack obamaAmericaphotojournalism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/15d060b2a380811136c33e53a7652ef8/tumblr_mmvclij2w81qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Burgess Meredith, a local band from Austin, check their sound before a show at The Parish on April 30, 2013. State Rep. Mark Strama is pursuing a bill that would cut the tax on mixed beverages charged to bars if they prove they are using the savings to present live music. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546065960http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546065960Wed, 15 May 2013 21:08:06 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/09e12c5732b1cad64c9e749ea57e8118/tumblr_mmvcka8YHD1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Robert Pruett, 33, was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of correctional officer Daniel Nagle. Pruett says he was framed by corrupt guards and inmates while the prison employee union says chronic understaffing led to Nagle’s murder.</p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546002313http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50546002313Wed, 15 May 2013 21:07:22 -0500death rowphotojournalismportrait<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4894fe05175a9b5cc0dbf9bce69189ad/tumblr_mmv0rqgcca1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mysterious color frame found in one of my negative binders. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523280313http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523280313Wed, 15 May 2013 16:52:38 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/312cbf05120a385b3ed0172097b3b470/tumblr_mmv0qge1A91qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Self portrait with a Holga. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523224324http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523224324Wed, 15 May 2013 16:51:52 -0500holgafilm120blur<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/53036f2c0a11076ba1e58f3514e61801/tumblr_mmv0oziw9j1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>120 accident. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523157850http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523157850Wed, 15 May 2013 16:50:59 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/492fe10ca5ab0a585b1b64b4ce2c3f96/tumblr_mmv0o80okd1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Smithville Jamboree. Smithville, Texas. Spring 2011. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523125759http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523125759Wed, 15 May 2013 16:50:32 -0500feature photographyfilmearmuffs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b6a04d6b2e77590a5f28a522ffc7754/tumblr_mmv0n1WweS1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A Hawk and a Hacksaw in Washington D.C. October 2009.</p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523071593http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50523071593Wed, 15 May 2013 16:49:49 -0500a hawk and a hacksawfilmphotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63a454d204d598acc5e728c6c9adb055/tumblr_mmrzg6qm921qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hamilton Pool. Photographed with a 4x5 Speed Graphic on Ilford HP5 plus black and white film. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405635221http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405635221Tue, 14 May 2013 01:31:18 -0500Hamilton Pool4x5film<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e7a6a621d9745b9edef60d137d239287/tumblr_mmrzfdC6a51qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hamilton Pool. Photographed with a 4x5 Speed Graphic on Ilford HP5 plus black and white film. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405618489http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405618489Tue, 14 May 2013 01:30:49 -0500FilmHamilton Pool<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/67331d080484667dffa960e6d59e6ec7/tumblr_mmrzeiN8ag1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hamilton Pool. Photographed with a 4x5 Speed Graphic on Ilford HP5 plus black and white film. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405598086http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405598086Tue, 14 May 2013 01:30:18 -05004x5hamilton pooltexasfilmlarge formatnaturewowza<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/40260dfac7c65c105b788f08694e97e5/tumblr_mmrzc3GO3w1qgfhyqo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jeremy Barnes of A Hack and a Hacksaw during South by Southwest 2009. Austin, TX</p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405546094http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405546094Tue, 14 May 2013 01:28:00 -0500Holgab&wfilmmusicaustinsxsw<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/648d0a051f0a55c26d6a15f4c749ba8d/tumblr_mmrzaiYV7d1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Smithville Jamboree. Smithville, TX. 2011. <strike><br/></strike></p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405511484http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405511484Tue, 14 May 2013 01:27:54 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1399a00393cba7b02b8978589bd23a77/tumblr_mmrz7oEekl1qgfhyqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taft Mashburn is a fantastic songwriter. Austin, TX. Photographed using Rollei 120 on my father’s Yashica Mat. </p>http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405449518http://tkalifa.tumblr.com/post/50405449518Tue, 14 May 2013 01:26:12 -0500Portrait.