Yoga is beautiful.
I believe that if Michelangelo had known Yoga, the streets of Rome would be filled with marble sculptures celebrating the poetry of asana — a poetry that longs to touch the divine and say Thank you for this life.
The following 108 images are a small collection of work from 2012 I have created with many human beings devoted to striving towards their highest potential. It is a remarkable moment in time for us all and it is an honor to call myself your artist.
1. Briohny Kate Smyth: The Hills of Malibu
2. Jennifer Pastiloff: Matador Beach, California
3. Elise Joan: Matador Beach, California
4. Caroline Bergenstrom: Venice Beach, California
5. Dice Iida-Klein: Malibu Canyon, California
6. Dice Iida-Klein: Malibu Hills, California
7. Briohny and Dice: Malibu Hills, California
8. Briohny Kate Smyth: Malibu Hills
9. Briohny Kate Smyth: Malibu Hills
10. Kathryn Budig ~ Balloons by the Carousel: Santa Monica, California
11. The Chaturanga Planksters ~ Dice, Briohny and Taylor: Santa Monica, California
12. Cristi Christensen: Main Street ~ Santa Monica, California
13. Micheline Berry: Leo Carrillo, California
14. Suzanne Kiyomura: Topanga Canyon, California
15. Liz Arch: Venice, California
16. Liz Arch: Topanga Canyon, Califonia
17. Raghunath Cappo: Laguna Shores, California
18. Kelly Bickle: Saint Petersburg, Florida
19. Indie and Stephen Bickle: Saint Petersburg, Florida
20. Kelly and Indie Bickle: Saint Petersburg, Florida
21. Michelle Dawson: Upstate New York
22. Eleven Year Old Olivia Rose: Chester, New York
23. Mary Vernal: Deep in the Connecticut Forest
24. Ben Wisch: The Black Dirt Onion Fields ~ Upstate New York
25. Shawna Emerick: The Black Dirt Onion Fields ~ Upstate New York
26. Mona Sharma: Venice Beach
27. Susan White Phillips: Deep in the Connecticut Forest
28. Megan Marie: The North Atlantic
29. Casey McBride: The Connecticut Forest
30. Emma Magenta: Central Park, NYC
31. Elitza Datcheva: Central Park, NYC
32. Musician in Central Park
33. Tao Porchon-Lynch at 93: Central Park, NYC
34. Tao Porchon-Lynch at 94: The Connecticut Countryside
35. Susanna Harwood Rubin: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
36. Elena Brower: Spanish Harlem, NY
37. Kim Stetz: Central Park, NYC
38. Roberto Lim: On our way to Fenway Park, Boston
39. Justin Wolfer: The Spit and Spat fountain: Saratoga Springs, NY
40. Kelly Kamm in the Raspberry Room at the Glen Tonche House, Woodstock, NY
41. Justin Wolfer: Saratoga Springs, NY
42. Justin Wolfer with Selma: Saratoga Springs, NY
43. Michelle Dawson: Upstate New York
44. Michelle Dawson: Dancer on the Train, Woodstock, NY
45. 1950′s Yoga: Michelle Dawson in upstate NY
46. Jen Warakomski: Dancer on the Brooklyn Bridge
47. Sarah McGrath: Brooklyn, NY
48. Sarah McGrath: Brooklyn, NY
49. Denise and Eric Antonini: Shooting Star ~ Laguna Beach, California
50. 2 1/2 Year Old Lorenzo Antonini: Laguna Beach, California
51. Colleen Hieber: Laguna Beach, California
52. Alex Newell: Venice, California
53. Liz Arch: Malibu Canyon
54. Liz Arch: Malibu Canyon
55. Newton Campbell: Laguna, California
56. Lily and Marcelle Dulan: Matador Beach, California
57. Kathryn Budig: Marina Del Rey, California
58. Covi Glez: Venice Beach, California
59. Noelle Beaugureau: Central California
60. Noelle Beaugureau: Central California
61. Noelle Beaugureau: Central California
62. Noelle Beaugureau: Central California
63. Audri Yvette Gonzales-Geary: Laguna, California
64. Denise Antonini: Laguna, California
65. Laura Young Kilkenny: Sunrise on the North Atlantic
66. Erin Nealy: Laguna Beach, California
67. Curli Chan: Laguna, California
68. Cami Rice: First Responder American Airlines 911 Flight Attendant. 2012 Tribute
69. Michelle May: Emerald Beach — Encinitas, California
70. Ashika Gogna: Paradise Cove, California
71. Ashika Gogna: Paradise Cove, California
72. Newton Campbell: Inside the Sculpture Studio of Steven Lustig
73. Kelly Kamm at the Glen Tonche House: Woodstock, New York
74. Ben Wisch at The Glen Tonche House, Woodstock, NY
75. Betsey Geller Keely: The North Atlantic
76. Danielle Holmes & Betsey Geller Keely: The North Atlantic
77. Amy Luke: The Connecticut Coast
78. Megan Marie: The New England Coast
79. Rita Shepard Ende: Sunrise in Connecticut
80. Danielle Brown: The Long Island Sound
81. Estela Dimes: The Connecticut Countryside
82. Angela Kilcullen: Deep in the Connecticut Forest
83. Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island
84. Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island
85. Shannah Green: Nantucket Island
86. Michael Rich: Nantucket Island
87. Ariel Marcoux: Nantucket Island
88. Juliet Loranger and Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island
89. Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island
90. Caitlin Marcoux: Nantucket Island
91. Juliet Loranger: Nantucket Island
92. Denise DeLucca: Rhode Island Shores
93. Petra Ledkovsky: Nantucket Island
94. Burr Tupper: Nantucket, MA
95. Bill Gluck: Central Park, NYC
97. Micaela Mamede: Central Park, NYC
98. Megan Marie: The Cloisters, NYC
99. Steven Sherman: Cayucos, California
100. Heather Mann: Cayucos, California
101. Mariana Soares: Venice Beach
102. Camacha Jones & Justin Wolfer: Venice Beach
103. Camacha Jones & Justin Wolfer: Venice Beach
104. Noelle Beaugureau: Joshua Tree, California
105. Noelle Beaugureau: The Desert, California
106. Todd Leach: The Decisive Moment, Venice Beach
107. Yulady Saluti: Proud Warrior/Survivor Shoot for 2012 Breast Cancer Awareness
108. “I am Yulady Saluti. Cancer took my breasts, but will never take my dignity.” The great inner pose of stillness, vulnerability, acceptance, courage, dignity, life…
With gratitude,
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A dedicated Yoga practitioner, photographer
Robert Sturman has increasingly focused on capturing the timeless grace and embodied mindfulness of asana in his work. His portraits, whether set in the lively streets of Manhattan, the expansive beaches and canyons of Malibu, the timeless elegance of Walden's New England, or the bleakness of Marin County's San Quentin Prison, remind us that there is beauty everywhere. In Sturman's own words, "I often think of Rumi's words, 'I can't stop pointing to the beauty.' That feels right to me." Sturman's honors include Official Artist of the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, 2010 FIFA World Cup Artist Representing America, and Official Artist 2007 United States Olympics. In 2012 and 2013, Sturman was the subject of two separate New York Times articles celebrating his photographs of Yoga from around the world. You can find out more about Robert’s work at his
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