About enzym / Jimmy Gunawan  

ENZYM(E) FLICKERING - A private works of Jimmy Gunawan

[Canon EOS 30D | Casio EX F1 Pro | Nikon D700 | Olympus PEN-EP1 | Canon Powershot G3 (broken) | LOMO | RolleiFlex MiniDigi | Minox]

Tireless Wanderer...
Freestyler...
Illustrator...
Photographer...
Animator...

IN FLASH:
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PHOTOGRAPHY = Memories, Reflection and Prediction of Past, present and future.

To quickly summarize myself, I am a moody but gentle and old-fashioned, CG animator/artist/illustrator/storyteller/philosopher. A bit narcoleptic, a dreamer. Often lost in my own world.

LOVE comics, animations, good films and stories, dramas, and lots of visuals. Plus in FLICKR, I am a ninja photographer.

Also, personally, randomly speaking I think the Japanese and the French are brilliant artists, and I found much inspirations from them. As well as any other cultures, I am always inspired.

Future passions, to be a feature film director, as always inspired by Walt Disney and Miyazaki Hayao. Animation is always in my blood, it's just I got too many distractions along the way and I am still learning to focus.

Within FLICKR, photographing behaviour is my way to store memories and capturing moments and sharing it with people. Photographs is always a big part of my visual diary and source of inspirations.

How do I describe myself? Like a firework or firefly, I love to entertain people. Sharing my experiences, sharing passions.

Started taking photos seriously when I had my first digital camera in 1998. I had never been confident in taking picture until then. I think digital photography is one of things that push me not to be afraid to make mistakes. In fact often accident could lead to new invention.

I always love portrait, facial expressions, a naive, mysterious, smile, sadness, any kind of emotions. I like dramatic moments, cinematic quality photos. Nature teaches me beauty and lots of other things.

With every hundred pictures I took, I believe there are a couple that worth millions. As I believe it's all about TIMING and making lots of mistakes to get just the right one.

I am always learning from all FLICKR photos. FLICKR is my training ground. Please enjoy my photos + my photo-blog. Let's visual-dialogue with me.

Here are some life quotes I either gather, or suddenly came in my mind:

"Life is numbers."

"What do we need in life? Directions."

"East, West, North, South, I love all, wherever the pendulum takes me."

"Always Be Original!"

"To live your ability to the fullest and stay humble is way of real hero."

"Always curious with all things delicious."

"Hacking your life, painting your life."

"Being sleepy is not good, over-slept is not good either. But I found my creative time is between 5-7 am in the morning, the sun just came out."

It often seems to me that the night is much more alive and richly colored than the day - Vincent van Gogh in a letter to this brother Theo

Countries I have visited:

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NOTE. Thing that I have since kindergarten, and still now, it is: my pencil sharpener. I guess my heart is in what I make.

ALTER EGOS: Spiderman, Dante, Ryu, Cloud (FF VII), Arsène Lupin, "L".

"Some got talents, some got lucks, some just work reaaly hard..!" -

- JIMMY aka ENZYM

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