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I come from Northern California.
I go to art school in Portland, OR.
I've been taking photos since I was a tiny tot with a drugstore disposable.
I'm self-conscious about the inconsistent nature of my creative drive.
The word "inspiration" makes me uncomfortable.
I shoot characters, mainly.

Photos of Rudedee (4)

Rudedee's favorite photos from other Flickr members (749)

Contacts (126)

Nosnhoja Adam Johnson
welcome, ghosts No real name given
gregory jaffe Greg
fred.c.fred No real name given
Micah Fischer Micah Fischer
n.corum No real name given
cotey bucket cotey bucket
zseike No real name given
Jordeaux No real name given
TIPPI VIZ Tippi
Fat Montana Montana
IanLofgren Ian Lofgren

Groups (50 50)

Desert Decay 2,461 photos, 851 members
yngprjcts 1,420 photos, 101 members
Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love 3,883 photos, 1,480 members
Body as Landscape 363 photos, 265 members
日本のインスタントフィルム 1,871 photos, 450 members
A deux....Be two... 239 photos, 45 members
Queer Eye Candy 954 photos, 398 members
The Timeless Photograph 871 photos, 139 members
Lazy, Quiet, Peaceful 静*懒 30,100 photos, 1,520 members
Body in Motion 235 photos, 144 members
Body Language 120,118 photos, 8,916 members
Adobe Lightroom 19,711 photos, 19,994 members
Dance No Limit (Family Friendly) 41,140 photos, 7,204 members
people smoking 2,294 photos, 773 members
Mask Portraits and Self-Portraits 1,539 photos, 1,058 members
Scary Creepy Weird 11,533 photos, 1,198 members
Building a Senior Portrait Business 4,382 photos, 685 members
The New Senior Portrait 17,559 photos, 2,916 members
The Flickr Portrait Gallery 277,224 photos, 20,835 members
Movement & Motion 226,950 photos, 22,933 members
Available Light / Existing Light 365,681 photos, 12,591 members
Natural Light Portraiture 97,810 photos, 5,667 members
I Love Black and White! 704,325 photos, 37,778 members
Portraits_BW 9,078 photos, 2,004 members
A Place For Portraits 87,670 photos, 3,426 members
Beautiful Light 534,149 photos, 25,519 members
Smile... it looks good on you! 2,137 photos, 457 members
Creative Edge Senior Portraits 26,456 photos, 4,296 members
Beautiful People 114,811 photos, 5,387 members
freckles, freckles, freckles 3,376 photos, 1,325 members
Sol punches things like bridges and stuff. 22 photos, 125 members
Holga people (people in the picture) 19,889 photos, 3,393 members
Don't forget to take the lens cap off - A group for Holga users 70,456 photos, 4,442 members
HOLGA -B&W- (Black & White 120film shots only) 45,137 photos, 5,146 members
Holga 244,400 photos, 19,037 members
Lo-Fi Abstracts 944 photos, 210 members
Lo-Fi Lovelies 92,312 photos, 3,499 members
low-fi 53,358 photos, 1,674 members
Low Fi B&W (analog only) 11,999 photos, 638 members
Nature Abstracted 8,263 photos, 2,603 members
Abstract Photos 102,183 photos, 16,624 members
Mommy, I want to be androgynous! 491 photos, 433 members
Lesbian Photographers 9,451 photos, 991 members
simple as fuck 2,459 photos, 2,568 members
Totally Texture Tuesday 4,368 photos, 1,380 members
live: be more than just alive. 2,361 photos, 298 members
Polaroid Type 80 1,283 photos, 382 members
Beginner Street Photography 17,099 photos, 5,091 members
image manipulations - please comment other pix 126,262 photos, 10,421 members
Scrunched Up Face 285 photos, 178 members

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Testimonials (6)

arborealwebley says:

"She is brilliant."

13th September, 2010
maryrentzel13 says:

"As one of the few people dropping a testimonial that has the blessing of knowing her outside the computer, I can seriously say that I have watched her grow from the days of cell-phone camera amateurness to full-blown fancy-shmancy professional-like photographer. Lydia has a mind-blowing ability to capture the very essence of her subjects in every portrait and although they're shot studio-style, I have never witnessed A SINGAL SHOT of hers that looked forced or fake. All of her pictures are pro and make me a jealous fellow photographer, but her portraits are what I always look forward to and believe will get her uber rich and famous one day. She's a crazy creative perfectionist photographer genius, and Hannah Dooley has NOTHING on her ass, or any other teen I've met claiming to be a "photographer". She is my constant short-haired Spanish-attempting inspiration."

18th July, 2008
~~gone~~ says:

"okay okay... i am SUPER giddy that i got to writing dee one of these before she (and this is not me pressing her to do so, nor me assuming she will / would... this is just me saying what i am saying... so read on and exit this parentetical area already) were to write a testimonial for me... because it would have SERIOUSLY made me sad if she DID write one for me and then in ANY way, form or shape (see how i mixed those up? yeah savor the flavor of THAT nonsense... ) (oh.. do you also like how i capitalize words? it is for emphasis. imagine i am saying those words with a LITTLE more oomph, k?) think that i was writing mine to her simply out of some feeling of obligation or some sort of silliness like that. (do you also like how many parenthetical areas i create that make it more difficult for my normal stream of consciousness to flow?)

dee is all kinds of awesome. it is as if my brain is plymouth rock and it is just all boring over here on its shores and she loaded up a boat of her skill and talent and way of seeing things and then she just came right over and claimed the HECK out of my previously boring, but NOW inspired brain-organ (the brain is an organ, right?). okay, so maybe i am not boring... but she is inspirational as all get out and one of the coolest people i know (or do not know... hmmmm... ) on this flickr place.

i am sure she MAYBE gets tired of hearing this, but her skill goes WAAAAY beyond her years. i often comPLETELY (yes... i talk like that, don't you? like a multi-syllable word will sometimes get emphasized in full and other times, just a PIECE of it does? yep... dig it) forget how old, or young, she IS and then i am dazzled and amazed all over again at how much she has learned and how far she can and should and WILL go (please do NOT NOT NOT give up on your talent, dee!!!) in the world of photography.

a stream i do NOT take for granted. i am happy EVERY time that she posts something. no joke."

14th July, 2008
chilli monster says:

"Besides being a great flickr friend, Dee has grown into a fine photographer. Her work is simply mesmerizing.

Keep 'em coming."

6th April, 2008
calvin's dad says:

"I've been following Rudedee's work since she was 3. No wait, that can't be right. But it does feel a bit impossible to reconcile her work with her age. She has an amazing - amazing! - eye for photography and the skills to capture what she wants. I am so jealous you can't imagine. I have spent hours trying to mimic her style, the lighting, the angle. I don't have enough lifetime to figure it all out and it would be futile anyway. Rudedee has a gift and she's found it at such an early age i can't imagine what great art the world has yet to look forward to. Remember the name."

10th February, 2008
.Bradi. says:

"It wasn't until she had written a testimonial for me that I realized what a dork I was for not writing a testimonial about Rudedee before! She's an extremely talented girl and I love checking out her Flickr stream. Her photos are inspiring, creative, well shot and have literally made me crack up laughing before... Keep up the awesome work!"

24th June, 2007