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Michael Van der Tol, member and co-administrator of aamora, asked our members to contribute their favorite shot of 2009. He created this slide show for you to enjoy. Thanks, Michael, and Happy New Year everyone!

These images by Danielle Kelly evolved  from a project started originally for a charity called the “Giant Egg Event”. Danielle tells us:

“The purpose of the event was not so much to raise money, although some might be raised, but more importantly to use creativity and collective action to raise awareness to help save the rain forests of Madagascar. The event was inspired by the Largest Egg Known to Science, that of the now extinct Elephant Bird of Madagascar.  Decorating eggs took place around the world and the egg itself is an obvious and enduring symbol of creativity and potentiality.  The idea of the event brought  together the themes of “creativity” and “conservation” by decorating replica eggs of the same size as those of the Elephant Bird.

The images above are not the ones I submitted to that event; they are color images that took this to the next level for me. The event that inspired and spurred on this series of photographs was the “twitter collective egg for the giant egg event”, led by Tim Grosvenor, a fellow twitter friend.”

Danielle Kelly, a member of aamora, is a semi professional photographer in NYC. She has an ardent passion for following light,  contrast and composition. Her eye is uniquely  penetrating, ever changing. Currently her focus is black and white photography featuring street, portrait and landscape photography, shot mainly with available light in and around NYC and NY state.

See Danielle’s previous post on aamora by clicking here and more of her photography here.

the beach was full of people – screaming babies, teenagers throwing footballs over my blanket,  i couldn’t seem to get away.  i decided to walk down a sandy path about a mile from the busy beach, i looked to my right and there it was, a beautiful opening, an empty spot.  i was thrilled.  but of course not before this amazing fog rolled in.  lucky i had my diana in tow !

–  Photograph and story by Danielle Kelly, a member of aamora.com. A  semi professional photographer in NYC, Danielle Kelly has an ardent passion for following light,  contrast and composition. Her eye is uniquely  penetrating, ever changing. Currently her focus is black and white photography featuring street, portrait and landscape photography, shot mainly with available light in and around NYC and NY state.

See more of Danielle’s photography by clicking here.

(This is the second installment of the “Secret Project”, curated by Aaron Schwartz. Click here for the first installment. The Secret Project originated among some of the members of the former 15×100.com, an international group of photographers. Some of its participants are now members of aamora.com, and it is aamora’s first collaborative project. The participants were asked to submit one or more photographs, videos, artworks and/or writings on the subject “secrets”. There are more installments – and more surprises -  to come.)